Bragantino suffers a great goal at the end and draws with Sousa in the Copa do Brasil

With one more on the field throughout the second half, the Bragantino just tied with the modest Sousa, from Paraíba, in the first game of the third phase of the Copa do Brasil. The goals of the game were scored by Luan Cândido It is Junior Potatowho sent a bomb into the goal of the team from the interior of São Paulo.

Although Bragantino won the first 45 minutes, Sousa also played and the result could have been completely different. The home team had two moments of enormous danger, mainly with Diego Cearámissing the chance to finish alone, already inside the area.

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That said, Luan Cândido took advantage of the chance he had with a penalty kick, after an infraction suffered by Laquintana and marked by arbitration. The defender took the penalty and converted to give his team the advantage. Even before the break, the full-back Jackson He ended up being sent off and left Sousa with one less for the second stage.

Still, the people from Paraíba did not hold back, and looked for counterattacks and set pieces to try to achieve a draw that would be historic, once again. Despite this, the team from the interior of São Paulo didn't make much of an effort to expand, and when they forced a move, they ran into the opponent's well-armed defensive system.

In a moment that only football could provide, Júnior Batata had the chance missing from the midfielder and decided to take a chance. The player, who made his debut this Wednesday, 1st, sent a bomb into the corner of Clayton and left everything the same, to decide on the return trip, in Bragança Paulista.