Guto apologizes for Coritiba’s elimination from the Copa do Brasil

After deleting the Coritiba for the Marabá Eagle at Brazil’s Cupin which he was defeated 3-2, the coach Guto Ferreira apologized to the thigh-white fan. According to the coach, Alviverde had an obligation to qualify.

“We are extremely upset, it was our obligation to win and qualify. We have to apologize to the fans. But we cannot give in, we have a difficult year ahead, a year of recovery”, said Guto during a press conference.

Coxa stopped earning R$1.47 million with the early drop in the competition. The last time Alviverde was eliminated in the Copa do Brasil debut was in 2019, against URT.

“We have to work to improve the mistakes we made, both defensively and offensively, to do better from now on and be able to achieve our goals this year. I think the loser puts his head down and next time he will be beaten. The winner will have the strength to If you get up, you will get stronger”, said Guto.

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The thigh-white team started ahead, with a goal from Frizzo in the eighth minute of the match. But even in the first stage, Águia tied. In the second half, Alviverde got complicated. Robson scored a penalty and the home team turned it around.

Afterwards, defender Benevenuto was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a foul. From the kick, Águia scored the third. Bruno Melo still scored in the last minute of the game, but it was too late.

Guto suffered the second elimination for the Pará team. In 2023, when he was in charge of Goiás, the coach was eliminated by Águia in the second phase of the Copa do Brasil.

“The issue from last year remained last year. It has nothing to do with it. I’m at another club, another type of game, another squad. We knew the difficulty we were going to face and I think the detail is what made all the difference” , he replied.