In a game of few emotions, Red Bull Bragantino e Mirassol they finished 1-1 at the Cícero de Souza Marques stadium, in Bragança Paulista, in the interior of São Paulo. The teams dueled in the first game of the fifth phase of the Brazilian Cup.
Lucas Barbosa and Neto Moura scored the goals in the first stage.
Massa Bruta was unable to make the home advantage count, and now goes to Mirassol in search of a place in the round of 16. The teams will face each other again on May 13th, at 8:30 pm, in Maião.
Before that, the attention will be on . Red Bull Bragantino hosts Palmeiras next Sunday (26), at home, at 6:30 pm. Mirassol visits São Paulo, on Saturday (25), at 9pm.
The game
Bragantino pressed in the opening minutes and got what they wanted: the advantage on the scoreboard. After a passing error in Mirassol’s midfield, Massa Bruta opened the scoring after six minutes. Lucas Oliveira missed the ball and Lucas Barbosa advanced alone in the attack, beating goalkeeper Alex Muralha and making it 1-0.
Mira bet on stretched and dead balls, and marked Braga’s ball. Limiting the possibilities in the attacking field, he almost forced a mistake from Thiago Volpi. The goalkeeper took a short goal kick, Gustavo Marques returned it and the opposing players almost stole it, forcing the defense to take what they could.
The first dangerous chance from a free kick was with Tiquinho Soares, who threatened with a strong, low kick after being charged at the edge of the area. Volpi made the save safely.
On the second opportunity, Mira didn’t waste it and equalized in stoppage time. Vitor Luís took the free kick at the edge of the area, but the ball went over the end line in a deflection by the defense. From Victor Luís’ corner kick, Neto Moura heads towards the goal, the ball deflects off Juninho Capixaba before deceiving the goalkeeper and dying in the back of the goal, leaving everything the same on the scoreboard.
The second half was all about
At 15 minutes, the team arrived for the first time in danger, in a run by Sacha from the side. In the cross kick, Mirassol’s defense cleared it. Shortly afterwards, Sacha left Juninho Capixaba in excellent condition to finish. He cleared and hit, but didn’t hit the target.
Massa Bruta pushed Leão into defense and had another great chance with a free kick on the edge of the penalty area. Juninho Capixaba took a shot into the left corner of goalkeeper Muralha, who made a great save.
Bragantino’s top scorer of the season, Isidro Pitta was missing from the game until the 31st minute, he tried to cover up Muralha. The ball came out neatly after touching the crossbar and going out.
In stoppage time, Hurtado crossed into the area and Pitta headed it, but Muralha managed to make the save. The Bragança team insisted even more, but the score remained 1-1.
