Cruz-Maltino won a second consecutive victory in São Januário and jumped to the classification table of Brazilirão
THE Vasco He won an important victory and confirmed the good phase under the command of the coach Fernando Diniz. After all, choline giant beat Cruzeiro 2-0, this Saturday (27) in San Januário, for the 25th round of Brazilirão, and won the second triumph followed at home after almost five months without winning in the cauldron. Rayan and Paulo Henrique scored the goals of the game.
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With the victory, Vasco reached 30 points and went up to tenth place. Cruzeiro, on the other hand, has missed the opportunity to sleep in the head and follows the second with 50. Giant da cholina will return to the field next Wednesday (1), to 19h (Brasilia), against Palmeiras, Allianz Parque, for the 26th round of Brazilirão, while Fox sees Flamengo, Thursday (2), at 20:30, in Maracanã.
Rayan scores at the beginning and Vasco goes in front of it
The game started animation in San Januário. Vice leader of Brazilirão, Cruzeiro controlled the initial actions and was more present in the offensive field. The fox, by the way, took the danger in a free kick by William. However, Vasco managed to change the panorama of the game after seven minutes. In the first escape of Cruz-Maltino, Paulo Henrique crossed and Rayan deflected his head to open the score.
After the goal, Vasco managed to cool the slender of the cruises, which felt the blow and threatened. Cruz-Maltino managed to manage the advantage, but did not take the danger. In the final stretch of the first half, the fox appeared more in the attack, but was unable to transform the volume into clear possibilities. The most dangerous move occurred in 39 minutes, when Matheus Pereira took the paint from Léo Jardim’s post.
Paulo Henrique expands and guarantees Vitória to São Januário
The panorama was repeated in the final phase. Cruzeiro, as in the first half, started more present in the attack. The entry of Arroyo instead of Wanderson gave the attack more movement. However, Minas Gerais’s team was difficult to transform the volume into clear possibilities. Leo Jardim defended the sending of Fabrício Bruno and Arroyo, but they were not very dangerous.
When the cruise had control of the game, the bucket of cold water arrived. In a failure by Matheus Henrique, Paulo Henrique stole the ball at the entrance of the area, broke into the area and hit Cassio’s exit to expand the score at 15 minutes. After increasing the advantage, Vasco gained mood and grew. In this way, he almost did the third in Philippe Coutinho’s free kick, but Cassio defended.
After expanding the score, Vasco excited himself and tried to reach the third goal. The coach Fernando Diniz made the team more offensive with the entrances of David and Andrés Gómez. On the other hand, Cruzeiro also had more spaces to play. However, although the game earned more dynamic, the teams did not create any clear possibility, which was positive for Cruz-Maltino, who defended the advantage.
Vasco 2 x 0 cruise
Brazilian championship – 25th round
Date: 27/09/2025
Place: São Januário, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Vasco: Leo Garden; Paulo Henrique, Carlos Cuesta (Lucas Oliveira, 46 ‘/2nd Q), Robert Renan and Puma Rodríguez; Barros, Hugo Moura and Philippe Coutinho (Matheus França, 34 ‘/2T); Rayan, Nuno Moreira (Andrés Gómez, 11 ‘/2ºT) and Vegetti (David, 11’/2t). Technician: Fernando Diniz
CRUISE: Cassio; William, Fabrício Bruno, Jonathan Jesus (João Marcelo, 36 ‘/2nd Q) and Kaiki Bruno (Boxie, 35’/2ºT); Lucas Romero (Marquinhos, 22 ‘/2nd q), Lucas Silva, Christian (Matheus Henrique, 15’/2ºT) and Matheus Pereira; Wanderson (Arroyo, 0 ‘/2ºT) and Kaio Jorge. Technician: Leonardo jardim
Referee: Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima (PE)
Assistants: Victor Hugo Imazu Dos Santos (PR) and Francisco Chaves Bezerra Junior (PE)
Var: Ilbert Estevam da Silva (SP)
Goals: Rayan, 7 ‘/1st (1-0); Paulo Henrique, 15 ‘/2ºT (2-0)
Yellow cards: Carlos Cuesta, Barros (Vas); Kaiki Bruno (Raw)
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