Quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil promise a lot of emotion – 03/06/2023 – Juca Kfouri

América, Athletico Paranaense, Bahia, Corinthians, Flamengo, Grêmio, Palmeiras and São Paulo will compete in the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil, the country that values ​​its cup like no other in the First World of football —and, despite everything, we are part of it. of the elite at Planeta Bola.

The Southeast with five clubs, three from São Paulo, the South with two and the Northeast with another.

Promising, to say the least, endless emotions, suffice it to say that five of the eight qualified reached the vacancies thanks to the penalty spot disputes.

In fact, Wednesday (31st) was a killer, as Americans, Atlético fans, Bahians and Corinthians fans say.

Everything was so difficult that, at the time, only two classified teams won their games in the 90 minutes, in the case of Corinthians and Grêmio.

América, Athletico and Palmeiras lost, and Bahia drew.

If there had been justice in football, Botafogo (against Athletico), Cruzeiro (against Grêmio) and Inter (against América) would have survived, but Glorioso and Colorado were incompetent at the time of the penalty, and Grêmio thanked the mess of the defense of the Cruzeiro who gave him the 1-0 score as a gift, as well as his goalkeeper Gabriel Grando, on Holy Night.

How holy was the night for goalkeeper João Paulo, from Santos, and the last-minute goal from veteran Bruno Mezenga took the decision to penalties. Hence, who shone was the archer Marcos Felipe, because, after all, Bahia is from Todos-os-Santos in ensuring the fair classification.

Mezenga, poor guy, experienced the frequent cruelty of being hero and villain when he tied and missed the last kick.

América ended up losing 3-0 and the vacancy, almost taking the fourth goal, decreased and had the luck of the goal annulled by two bizarre touches in the unlucky slip of Carlos de Pena already in the penalties.

Athletico knows well what they got rid of by being more competent in penalties because the 1-0 imposed by Botafogo did not express the size of Rio’s advantage.

Palmeiras traveled to Ceará classified, played with the regulation under the armpit, lost 15 unbeaten games, played poorly, Fortaleza left the field applauded, but the Alviverdes continue, without Abel Ferreira in the first game of the quarterfinals, suspended by the eighth red card he has received since arriving in Brazil, with 42 yellows. An astonishment!

Corinthians was really sensational, and not just because Cássio took a penalty from Hulk, or because Matheus Bidu played too much, or because of the epic goal scored by Róger Guedes. But for the impeccable performance of Renato Augusto, a maestro in the truest sense of the word.

Argentinian Eduardo Coudet probably ignored what the mood is like in Itaquera in situations like that and went overboard by sparing too many players as if the chicken were dead.

The next night’s games remained, and São Paulo’s was no exception to the rule, as it also ended at the whitewash mark, the fifth decision in eight matches.

With refinements of cruelty because the brave Sport team reached 3-1 in stoppage time, but had the misfortune of finding goalkeeper Rafael willing to establish himself as Rogério Ceni’s successor.

Finally, Flamengo joined Corinthians and Grêmio in qualifying with a victory, but without a penalty, a result that only the rubro-negro and the tricolor gaucho obtained.

This time, Fluminense did not face the rival and lost 2-0, although it should have lost by more.

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