Operário-PR edges Guarani Campinas in tense match with late red card
Operário-PR beat Guarani Campinas 1-0 in a tense match on Tuesday night at Estádio Germano Krüger in Ponta Grossa, for the Brazilian Serie B Championship. The only goal of the game was scored by Boschilia from a penalty in the 64th minute.
Guarani started better, with more possession and creating some opportunities, but it was Operário-PR who opened the scoring. Boschilia converted the penalty with confidence, after a foul committed by Matheus Bueno on Daniel Lima.
Guarani tried to press for an equalizer, but Operário-PR defended well and even had chances to extend their lead. At the end, Guarani ended the game with one less player after Reinaldo received a red card in the 90th minute.
Despite losing the game, Guarani had more possession (56% to 44%) and took more shots (9 to 16), but only 4 of their shots were on target, compared to 8 from Operário. The match was quite contested, with 14 fouls each and 2 yellow cards for Operário-PR and 5 for Guarani.
With the victory, Operário-PR reaches 45 points and consolidates itself in the qualifying zone for Serie A. Guarani remains in the relegation zone with 34 points.
Substitutions operario-pr: at minute 10 Daniel Lima came in and Vinicius Mingotti went out., at minute 54 Gabriel Feliciano came in and Para went out., at minute 72 Rodrigo Lindoso came in and Vinicius Diniz went out., at minute 73 Felipe Augusto came in and Boschilia went out., at minute 73 Jacy came in and Indio went out.
Substitutions guarani campinas: at minute 67 Heitor came in and Pacheco went out., at minute 67 Marcelinho came in and Marlon Maranhao went out., at minute 78 Reinaldo came in and Joao Victor went out., at minute 78 Jefferson came in and Emerson went out., at minute 78 Anderson Leite came in and Pierre went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Operario-PR
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