Sport vs Coritiba | Brazil Cup 2023

O coritiba is eliminated from the Copa do Brasil. This Wednesday (26th), at coach Antônio Carlos Zago’s debut, Coxa lost 2-0 to sport, on Ilha do Retiro, and said goodbye to the competition in the third phase. The goals were scored by Ewerthon and Wanderson, one in each half. In the first leg, the teams were tied 3-3.

Ranked for the round of 16, Sport guarantees an additional R$ 3.3 million in prize money. The opponent of the next phase will be defined by draw.

Thigh only held on three minutes without conceding a goal in Recife. That was the time that Sport needed to open the scoring and set Ilha do Retiro on fire. Luciano Juba crossed low from the left, ewerthon anticipated and dodged to the back of the net.

Without being able to create, Coritiba almost took the second at 39 minutes, after Vagner Love touched over and the ball went very close to the crossbar.

In the second half, just after 10 minutes, Zago brought on Alef Manga, who scored the three goals of the first game at Couto, and put on Zé Roberto. Other changes were the entry of Boschilia and Bruno Gomes in the places of Pinho and Farias, respectively. The changes had no effect on Coxa, who still conceded the second goal in the match. At 25 minutes, Luciano Juba crossed in the area and Wanderson completed it with a header to declare the victory for Leão.

The best

At the age of 38, striker Vagner Love showed once again why he is one of Leão’s main names this season. With breath and surrendering in the match, he almost scored at the end of the first half. He left the field in stoppage time to applause from the crowd.

Worse

Chilean defender Kuscevic did not have a good journey in Recife. On the right side, he missed Sport’s first goal, just three minutes into the game.

Curiosity

Record holder in the current squad, the midfielder Willian Farias completed 250 games with Coritiba’s shirt against Sport. Revealed by Coxa, captain alviverde is in his second spell at the club, where he won four state titles and one Série B.

Datasheet

BRAZIL’S CUP
3rd phase – back game

Sport 2×0 Coritiba

sport: Renan; Ewerthon, Sabino, Rafael Thyere and Felipinho (Igor Cariús); Fabinho, Pedro Martins (Ronaldo Henrique) and Jorginho (Gabriel Santos); Luciano Juba, Paulinho (Wanderson) and Vagner Love (Matheus Vargas).
Technician: Enderson Moreira.

coritiba: Gabriel Vasconcelos; Kuscevic, Bruno Viana and Victor Luis (Liziero); Natanael, Willian Farias (Bruno Gomes), Jesús Trindade and Jamerson (William Pottker); Kaio César, Alef Manga (Zé Roberto) and Rodrigo Pinho (Boschilia).
Technician: Antonio Carlos Zago.

Local: Ilha do Retiro, in Recife.
Date: 04/26/2023.
goals: Everthon at 3′ of Q1 and Wanderson at 25′ of Q2.
yellow cards: Kaio César and Jamerson (C)
Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado (Fifa-SC).
Assistants: Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse (SP) and Alex dos Santos (SC).
VAR: Daniel Nobre Bins (FIFA-RS).

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