Everything is the same in Castelão. This Wednesday (17), by 2nd round of Brasileirão, the Fortaleza received the cruise and saw the Minas Gerais club seek a 1-1 draw after opening the scoring.
The Minas Gerais team, which had beat Botafogo in the debut, at Mineirãomaintained its unbeaten record in the championship, as did Laion.
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The match was also the second Fox without the goalkeeper Rafael Cabralwhat is leaving the club. He entered his place Anderson26 years old, who played his second game of the season.
How was the game
As soon as the ball rolled in the capital of Ceará, the one who got scared first was Raposa. With 12 minutes, Rafa Silva finished after a corner kick Matheus Pereira and made the goalkeeper John Ricardo to work.
Laion then grew into the game and began to pose danger to the goal defended by Anderson, until Hercules opened the scoring.
To the 19, Pochettino took a corner, and the number 35 took advantage of the surplus, finishing first and placing it in the corner to make it 1-0.
Matheus Pereira, from Cruzeiro, and Hércules, from Fortaleza, playing for the ball at Castelão, for the Brasileirão Gustavo Aleixo/ Cruzeiro
The first half ended more balanced, with chances for both sides, but no other goals scored.
In the second half, VAR was once again the protagonist. And all because of a move to check a possible penalty against Matheus Pereira. After a long delay, the referee was called to the monitor, but in the end an offside was called on the play, which is normally checked promptly.
Raposa, in turn, also had 10 on the field from the 42 minutes after Lucas Romero receiving a second yellow and being sent off. The steering wheel will be absent in the classic against Atlético-MGnot Saturday (20th).
However, the Minas Gerais club did not give up looking for a reaction and reached a draw when the lights went out after Robert provide assistance for Matthew Vitalat the entrance to the area, make it 1 to 1.
Goalkeeper João Ricardo was the big name of the game and prevented at least three goals from Cruzeiro, who could have gone home with the turnaround and the 3 points.
Classification in Brasileirão:
Fortaleza: 6° placed, with 4 points
Cruise: 5th placed, with 4 points