Sport Beats Santa Cruz and leaves the advantage in the Pernambucano semifinal

Sport exceeds Santa Cruz and opens an advantage in the semifinal.

This Saturday (08), Sport and Santa Cruz faced each other on the island of Retiro for the match of the semifinal of the Pernambuco championship. The classic marked the first duel among the teams in the dispute for a place in the final. With goals by Pazienza and João Silva, sport won 2-0 and continued the decisive comparison.

1st time

The first half started with the two teams that study, without exposing yourself a lot in the first minutes. Over time, Sport took the initiative and started trying the attack more, trying to open the score. The first great possibility came in a press release of patience to Carlos Alberto on the left. The attacker took and crossed the entrance of the area, where Lenny Lobato finished his left foot, asking for a good defense from the goalkeeper.

Santa Cruz replied in two counterattacks, but without great effectiveness. It was then that, in a quick counterattack, Sport opened the score. Rivera called Patience, who made the pivot, turned and ended up in the goalkeeper corner. The ball has still touched the pole before entering, making the retreat is exploded.

In the last minutes of the first stage, Santa Cruz has had good opportunities to draw. Tiaguinho made a beautiful individual move and ended with danger, but the sport goalkeeper made the defense. In the corner, Willian Alves climbed himself and headed stopped, stopping the red-black archer again. Shortly thereafter, Tiaguinho had another possibility in a counterattack and tried to cover the goalkeeper, but sent the ball away from the goal.

The first half ended 1 × 0 for sport, in a phase marked with many fouls and errors passing on both sides.

Second time

The second half started with the actions of domination of sport and creating good opportunities to expand the score. The black red team pressed and dangerous for the opponent’s goal, while Santa Cruz tried to cling to the defense.

In the middle of the final phase, the weather warmed on the pitch. A discussion among the players in the end led to a widespread push, generating confusion and forcing the arbitration to distribute yellow cards to both teams. After the interruption, the game became more balanced, with Santa Cruz who manages to leave the attack.

Even so, sport took time again and reached the second goal. After a corner kick from Lucas Lima, João Silva appeared well inside the area and, for belly, completed at the bottom of the nets, expanding the score to 2-0.

After the second goal, sport started to control the game with tranquility, managing the advantage and avoiding any reaction from Santa Cruz. The score remained unchanged until the final whistle, guaranteeing the Leo an important victory in the match of the semifinal of the Pernambuco championship.

Next clash

Sport and Santa Cruz return to the field next Saturday (15), at 16:30, to Arruda, for the clash by the long -awaited of the pernambuco championship. The teams compete for a place in the final and those who get the best on the aggregate score advances. If the draw persists at the end of the two games, the decision will be on the penalty.

Source: Terra

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