TE24 Sports Desk:
On Thursday night (05/19), in a match valid for the eighth round of the Brazilian Championship, Vasco da Gama met with Guarani at the Arena da Amazônia, in Manaus. Even supported by their passionate fans, who attended in large numbers on the biggest stage of Amazonian football, Gigante da Colina failed to achieve the third consecutive triumph in the national tournament and drew goalless with Bugre.
Despite not winning the positive result, Almirante extended its unbeaten series (it has already been eight matches without defeat) and took third place with 14 points, two less than Cruzeiro, which leads the Brazilian Championship with 16 points. The next Vasco match will be next Thursday (26/05), at 7 pm, against Brusque (SC), in São Januário. More than 11,000 tickets have already been issued for the match.
THE GAME
The duel between two teams with a lot of tradition in Brazilian football started very balanced, with a lot of dispute in the midfield and no chances of goals for either side. The first great opportunity of the match was for Guarani, in the 16th minute, with Júlio César. The striker took a risk from the middle and forced Thiago Rodrigues to make a big intervention.
The cruzmaltino archer returned to work the next minute, this time after Diogo Mateus shot. The game continued without strong emotions and only heated up again in the final half of the first half. In the 34th minute, Gabriel Pec crossed, Figueiredo played in the air and Andrey Santos finished wide.
