Bahia will beat Fortaleza 2-0, on the night of Wednesday (07/09), for the quarterfinals of the Northeast Cup. William José and Caio Alexandre marked. Bahia’s second goal was a real chicken from goalkeeper João Ricardo. Sporting News shows.
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How was João Ricardo’s failure?
At 51 minutes of the first half, Caio Alexandre hit outside the area over João Ricardo, but the ball passed in the middle of the goalkeeper’s hand and entered. Fortaleza archer failure.
What a chicken from João Ricardo !!
Bahia makes 2×0 on Fortaleza!pic.twitter.com/oU2dIQXfbw
— DataFut (@DataFutebol) July 10, 2025
With the advantage on the scoreboard and playing at home, Bahia has great chances of moving to the semifinal of the Northeast Cup.
Northeast Cup Final Games
07/08 – 21:30 (yesterday)
- Vitória 0 x 1 Confidence – Wednesdays 1 – Barradão
Today – 07/09
- 19:00 – CSA x Railway – Wednesdays 2 – King Pelé
- 21:30 – Bahia x Fortaleza – Wednesdays 3 – Arena Nova Arena House
- 21:30 – Sport x Ceará – Wednesdays 4 – Ilha do Retiro
Semifinal
August 8 (forecast)
- Key C or F X winner Key winner F or C
- Key D or x Key Winner Winner
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Northeast Cup awards
- Group phase: Fortaleza, Bahia, Ceará and Sport: R $ 3.5 million
- Group phase: CRB, Vitória, CSA and Sampaio Corrêa: R $ 2.6 million
- Group phase: Nautical, Confidence, Rail and High: R $ 2 million
- Group Phase: América-RN, Juazeirense, Moto Club and Sousa-PB: R $ 1.3 million
- Quarterfinals: R$ 550 mil
- Semifinal: R$ 770 mil
- Runner-up: R $ 1.4 million
- Champion: R $ 2.2 million
