On Palermo’s debut, Fortaleza see off Vitória in the Brasileirão | OneFootball

This Saturday, in coach Palermo’s debut at the helm, Fortaleza defeated Vitória 2-0 at Arena Castelão, in a match valid for the 23rd round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. Breno Lopes and Bruno Pacheco scored the goals that secured the victory for the home team.

Standings Situation

With this result, Fortaleza remains second to last in the national competition, with 18 points. Vitória, meanwhile, stays at 22 points and is just above the relegation zone in the Brasileiro.

📋 Match Summary

🔴 FORTALEZA 2 x 0 VITÓRIA⚫

🏆 Competition: 23rd round of the Campeonato Brasileiro 🏟️ Venue: Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza 📅 Date: September 13, 2025 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 4:00 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards: Lucero, Pierre, Brítez (Fortaleza); Camutanga, Baralhas, Renato Kayzer, Cantalapiedra, Raúl Cáceres, Dudu (Vitória) 🟥 Red Cards: None

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Goals

🔴🔵Fortaleza

João Ricardo; Mancuso, Brítez, Gastón Ávila and Bruno Pacheco; Matheus Pereira, Pierre (Rodrigo Santos), Lucca Prior (Lucas Crispim) and Yago Pikachu (Mariho); Breno Lopes (Pochettino) and Lucero (Bareiro). Coach: Palermo

⚫🔴Vitória

Lucas Arcanjo; Raúl Cáceres, Camutanga, Lucas Halter and Ramon; Willian Oliveira (Dudu), Baralhas and Aitor Cantalapiedra (Romarinho); Erick (Renzo López), Osvaldo (Matheuzinho) and Renato Kayzer (Fabri). Coach: Rodrigo Chagas

How the match went

Fortaleza started the match better and created more opportunities than the visitors. At the 30th minute of the first half, Breno Lopes took advantage of a ball recovered by Mancuso and finished with a cross shot from inside the box to open the scoring.

The second half started at full speed. Just two minutes in, Bruno Pacheco extended Fortaleza’s lead after a beautiful individual play down the left side of the attack, finishing low to beat Lucas Arcanjo. In the 48th minute, Vitória came close to reducing the deficit, but Renzo López hit the post of goalkeeper João Ricardo.

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