Sport beats Curitiba in a balanced game and advances in the 2023 Copa do Brasil

Sport won the return game of the 2023 Copa do Brasil, against Curitiba, by 2X0. Ewerton and Wanderson scored, for the Pernambuco team, in a game valid for the third phase of the 2023 Copa do Brasil. Coxa from Paraná returns to the field, on Sunday (30), for the Brazilian championship, against São Paulo, at home, in Couto Pereira. Leão confirmed the maxim of never losing on the Island in the season and remains strong for the round of 16 of the tournament. The game marked the arrival of the new coach and former athlete Antonio Carlos Zago, in charge of Curitiba, who had not won for 7 games, losing 4 and drawing 3 games. Coxa’s last victory was in February, against Humaitá, in the first phase of the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

With the victory, Sport pocketed 3.3 million for the club’s coffers. In total, the club has already earned 5.4 million and dreams bigger. The club from Pernambuco conquered the possibility of starting the tournament, only in this phase, due to the conquest of the Copa do Nordeste. Until yesterday, Coritiba had earned 5.2 million euros, due to the dispute in the three previous phases. Sport now awaits the drawing of the next opponent, promoted by the CBF, for the round of 16 of the tournament. In the meantime, he debuts in the Brasileirão Série B, against Novo Horizontino and decides the Copa do Nordeste, in a duel against Ceará.

With the ball on the field, Sport was relentless against the team from Paraná, from the initial stage, where they suffocated Coritiba, in their field. In the second stage, despite the quieter pace, they closed the numbers of the match. The sad event happened in the stands, when the fans from Paraná invaded the sector of Ilha do Retiro, where the Sport fans were. The PM from Pernambuco took action and expelled the troublemakers from the stadium.

Photo Feature Sport wins and awaits next opponent in the round of 16 of the 2023 Copa do Brasil. Source/Reproduction CNN