Bahia had no difficulty confirming what he had left well sent on Wednesday (3), when he thrashed confidence 4-1 in Aracaju.
On Saturday afternoon (6), in front of almost 49,000 fans at the Fonte Nova Arena, he returned to the Sergipana team and confirmed the conquest of the Northeast Cup.
The result this time, built all over the first half, was even more elastic: 5-0. And began to be designed early 4 minutes, when young striker Tiago took advantage of Rodrigo Nestor’s cross and scored the first goal.
At 17 minutes, the score in Salvador was already 3-0 for the home owners. The fifth goal came out in the first half, 39 minutes.
Tiago, 20, who scored the 1-0 win goal in the semifinal against Ceará, scored three goals in the match. He ended up as the top scorer of the competition, with six goals, followed by his teammate. Lucho Rodríguez, with five.
“It was a very difficult job. We worked hard to get to it and, thank God, we won the title,” the striker said at the end of the game.
With the five goals of the final, Bahia reached one hundred goals this season.
Confidence is Sergipe’s first team to reach a Northeast Cup final. He got the done after beating the CSA, from Maceió (AL), 1-0.
Bahia is now the biggest winner of the tournament. With this Saturday’s conquest, he surpassed rival Vitória and reached his fifth title in the 22 editions of the Northeast Cup, nicknamed Lampions League.
Tricolor raised the cup in 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021 and 2025.
Sport (PE), Ceará and Fortaleza come shortly after Vitória (BA), with three titles each.
This is the second time Rogério Ceni has won Lampions League as a coach. He won in 2019 when he drove the Fortaleza.
