goal scorer in the final, Philippe Costa highlights the victory of Goiás

Goiás won the Paysandu by 2-0 on the night of this Wednesday, the 17th, for the first leg of the Copa Verde final. Esmeraldino confirmed the triumph with goals from great It is Philippe Costa. Verdão now has a good lead for the return match, which is scheduled for May 31.

Goiás’ second goal was scored by striker Philippe Costa, in the 43rd minute of the second half. The striker celebrated the scored goal and highlighted the importance of the victory away from home.

“Very happy for the goal scored. It’s always good to be able to score and in a final it’s even more special. Our team came to seek this victory and have an advantage for the second game and, thank God, we did it. We know that nothing has been decided, Paysandu is a great team with great players and we need to get into the second game in order to win the title”, said through his press office.

With the goal scored against Paysandu, Philippe reached four goals in the season. Of these goals, two were scored in the Copa Verde. The player is now Goiás’ top scorer and the team turns its attention to the Brasileirão. On Saturday, Esmeraldino visits Bahia. Philippe believes in the team’s potential and expects a good result away from home.

“Now we have shifted our focus to the Brasileirão. We know that we are going to find great difficulties in this match against Bahia. It will be an away game, against a great opponent, who we respect a lot. But, we have a good squad, a strong team that demonstrated this in the last two games. We respect Bahia a lot, but we are going to try to achieve a good result”, concluded.

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