The Fonte Nova Arena will be the scene of another duel of Bahia for the Bahian Championship. This Sunday (9), Tricolor receives Colo-Colo, at 16h, for the 7th round of the state. In the final stretch of the first phase, the squad must win to stay in the classification zone for the semifinal. >
Bahia starts the round in 3rd place, with 9 points added in six matches. The team led by coach Rogério Ceni is unbeaten in the state, but runs to recover the points left by the alternative team, which played the first three games of the competition and could not win. >
After saving part of the cast in a 0x0 draw with Juazeirense, midweek, for the Northeast Cup, Rogério Ceni will return the cast. Parts considered holder will start the match at the source. Among them, goalkeeper Danilo Fernandes. >
The experienced player has alternated in the team with Marcos Felipe, but emerges as the owner of the position this year. Interviewed at CT Evaristo de Macedo, Danilo stressed the importance of adding the three against Colo-Colo to continue fighting for the championship title. >
“Not only this game. We always come in to win. It’s not always as we want, imagine … inside our house let’s try to print our pace, game model, with obligation, yes, to win Sunday. Make very good campaign. We have an obligation to win the state, we are qualified, with all due respect to the opponent. It is going out with the triumph Sunday and, during the championship, having a pace of game. I don’t know if it is an obligation, perhaps, to win the championship, but we have total conditions to go after this title, ”said Danilo.>
In addition to pieces considered holders, such as defender Kanu, midfielder Caio Alexandre and midfielder Everton Ribeiro, Bahia can have news against Ilhéus Tiger. Defender Gabriel Xavier and right -back Arias, who have not yet debuted in the season, are recovered from injuries and trained normally during the week. It would not be a surprise if they started between 11.>
While Bahia aims at the triumph to be closer to the classification to the semifinal, Colo-Colo wages a battle against the relegation zone. The Ilhéus team got access last year and has the goal of staying in the elite, but so far performance has been wanting to be desired. >
The Tiger starts the round in the vice-lantern, with only three points, four away from Atletico de Alagoinhas, the first team outside the degola zone. Therefore, surprising Bahia at Fonte Nova will be fundamental in the fight against sticking. >
The interior team has not yet won in Baianão and comes from a 2-2 draw with Barcelona. The club is trained by former goalkeeper Nilson, who made a career in Vitória in the 1990s, and was naturalized to defend Burkina Faso’s national team.>
