Women's football: Ceará beaten by Vila Nova away from home | OneFootball

Andreza Rodrigues / Ceará SC

Ceará were beaten 1-0 by Vila Nova this Saturday, the 1st, in the 14th round of the Brazilian Women’s Championship Série A2. Thaynara scored the winning goal for the Goiás side.

With the result, the team coached by Erivelton Viana remains on 13 points in the standings. In 14 matches played, they have recorded four wins, one draw, and nine defeats.

The Meninas do Vozão’s next fixture in the competition will take place on Saturday, the 8th, at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), against Sport. The match will mark the end of the first phase of the national competition.

THE MATCH

Set up to exploit counterattacks, Ceará looked to take advantage of Vila Nova’s mistakes in the first half, but produced little offensively.

The home side, meanwhile, tried to break down the black-and-white team through passing combinations. Despite Ceará’s solid defensive organization, Vila Nova created a few chances but was denied by goalkeeper Thaís’ outstanding performance in the opening half.

However, in the closing stages of the first half, Thaynara hit a beautiful shot into the top corner to put the Goiás side ahead.

In the second half, Ceará had the chance to equalize in the 17th minute. Fran found Andressa inside the box, but the number 29 was unable to beat the opposing goalkeeper.

Pressing in search of an equalizer, the Meninas do Vozão stayed in the attacking half and continued to create opportunities. In the 20th minute, Bia received a pass from Andressa and shot wide to the right of goalkeeper Teté.

The Ceará side kept pushing for an equalizer, but could not turn their possession into clear-cut chances against Vila Nova’s goal and ended up losing 1-0.

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