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Coritiba defeats Sport Recife in a tense match
Recife, Pernambuco – Coritiba secured a crucial victory in the Serie B, defeating Sport Recife 1-0 in an exciting match at the Itaipava Arena Pernambuco Stadium. The only goal of the game came in the 61st minute, when Bruno Melo capitalized on a Matheus Frizzo assist to open the scoring.
The match was fiercely contested, with both teams showcasing great physical and tactical display. Sport Recife had more possession (58%) and took more shots (10 in total, 2 on target), but failed to overcome Coritiba’s solid defense.
Coritiba, on the other hand, was more effective in converting their opportunities and took advantage of Sport Recife’s lack of sharpness to claim all three points. The match was marked by a series of cautions, with four yellow cards for Sport Recife and two for Coritiba.
This victory allows Coritiba to move closer to the Serie A qualification spots, while Sport Recife’s fight for promotion becomes more challenging.
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Substitutions sport recife: at minute 31 Lucas Andre came in and L. Di Placido went out., at minute 46 C. Ortiz came in and Lenny Lobato went out., at minute 67 Ze Roberto came in and Chrystian Barletta went out., at minute 67 Chico came in and Luciano Castan went out., at minute 76 Wellington Silva came in and F. Dominguez went out.
Substitutions coritiba: at minute 80 Junior Brumado came in and Matheus Frizzo went out., at minute 81 Rodrigo Gelado came in and Bruno Melo went out., at minute 88 Mauricio Antonio came in and Robson went out., at minute 90 Matheus Bianqui came in and Lucas Ronier went out., at minute 90 Jhonny came in and S. Gomez went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Sport Recife
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