Athletico-PR defeats Vasco for the first time in São Januário

This Sunday, the 23rd, Basque It is Athletico-PR faced each other for the 16th round of the Brasileirão 2023. With the final score of 0 to 2, Hurricane got the better of the home team and secured the 5th position in the championship table. The Hill Giant, however, is bitter in the last position of the relegation zone.

The game got off to a relatively slow start with little danger for either side. nor the Basque and neither the Athletico-PR managed to impose their games in São Januário in the first stage of the confrontation. It is worth mentioning, however, that the cariocas had the greatest possession of the ball, while the paranaenses took the best in the finalizations.

Passing accuracy was completely balanced: 87% for both teams before the break. In the second half, Vasco showed more posture in the attack, but it was the rivals who opened the scoring: in the 25th minute of the second half, Christian proved to be decisive and balanced the nets to leave Hurricane in front.

To make matters worse for Cruzmaltino, Vitor Roque invaded the area pedaling, ended up being knocked down by the opposing defense, and a penalty was scored in favor of Athletico. After the VAR checked that there was no offside in the bid, Victor Bueno he charged accurately and increased the visitors’ advantage. At the end of the game, Zé Ivaldo got a red card for bumping into rayan. With no further changes, the duel ended at 0 to 2.

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TABOO BROKEN!!!#athletico#Brasileirãopic.twitter.com/4rvC8jRMMH

— Athletico Paranaense (@AthleticoPR) July 23, 2023

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SEQUENCE IN THE SEASON

Now teams have different challenges in the season sequence. Vasco returns to the field on Saturday, the 29th, to face Corinthians in Neo Química Arena, for the next round, in order to improve the campaign and try to leave Z4. Athletico-PR, on the other hand, will receive the cruise at home, on the same date, also for the Brasileirão.