The primary act of the confrontation between Bahia and Santos within the dispute for a spot within the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil ended with out targets. On the night time of this Wednesday (seventeenth), the tricolor tied for 0x0 with Peixe and left the dispute open.
Esquadrão had a great first half defensively and will have left with the constructive consequence, however stopped in goalkeeper João Paulo, who saved Santos in a minimum of two nice alternatives.
Already within the second stage, Bahia tried to attempt the counterattack, however discovered a closed opponent and created few possibilities of purpose.
A draw leaves each groups alive. The return leg can be on the thirty first of Might, a Wednesday, at 7 pm, in Fonte Nova. Whoever wins advances to the following stage. A brand new tie by any rating takes the choice to penalties.
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For the knockout duel, Renato Paiva adopted a extra cautious stance and bolstered the tricolor marking. With out Thaciano, Rezende was moved to midfield alongside Acevedo, whereas the road of defenders was shaped by Kanu, David Duarte and Vitor Hugo. Ryan gained the dispute with Chávez on the left wing, and Everaldo, recovered from harm, returned to command the assault.
The adjustments made Bahia change its posture. Totally different from the primary match towards Santos, after they misplaced 3-0 to the Brasileirão, Esquadrão began the duel on. The stronger midfield managed to intercept the alvinegro’s strikes and didn’t give peace to the opponent’s attackers.
What the Bahian staff lacked was profiting from alternatives after they had the ball. The tricolor had problem constructing the performs, with many go errors. The primary good likelihood got here within the fifteenth minute. Jacaré began the transfer and located Biel on the left finish. The quantity 11 cleared the marker and kicked within the nook. John Paul defended.
The goalkeeper from Santos, by the way in which, was the identify of the primary half. He operated a miracle when David Duarte made a middle ahead and caught Jacaré’s cross first. The ball had the best handle, however João Paulo saved it. The goalkeeper additionally made an awesome save in a gorgeous shot that Cauly despatched from outdoors the world.
Bahia seemed nearer and nearer to opening the scoring, however bought scared within the thirty third minute. In one of many few arrivals of Santos, Lucas Pires acquired freely within the space and kicked cross. Deivid accomplished for the purpose, however the referee known as offside on the origin of the transfer. VAR got here into motion and confirmed the infraction.
Regardless of the dearth of targets within the first half, Bahia’s posture happy coach Renato Paiva and the staff returned with the identical formation as on the break. Nonetheless, the state of affairs was reversed and it was Santos who adopted a extra offensive tactic.
Peixe began to circle the tricolor space in an try to use offensive stress. The formation and not using a fastened heart ahead facilitated the alvinegra mobility, which exploited, primarily, aspect gamers like Ângelo and Mendoza.
Given the state of affairs, the way in which out for Bahia was to reap the benefits of the areas to hunt the counterattack. In one of many escapes, Biel acquired from Everaldo and kicked cross. The ball went previous the purpose publish in Santos.
Renato Paiva then determined to place extra velocity on the staff. Ademir and Chávez went into the sport to exchange Everaldo and Ryan, respectively. At 19 minutes, the duel was stopped after referee Sávio Pereira collided with Rezende and suffered a minimize on his face.
When the ball rolled once more, the confrontation misplaced depth. Bahia’s try and have a quicker staff didn’t have a right away impact. To make issues worse, Yago, who had simply changed Cauly, bought injured and gave strategy to Arthur Gross sales.
Even with the eight minutes of additives given by the referee, neither Bahia nor Santos managed to clear the scoreboard and ended up in a goalless draw.
DATASHEET
Santos 0x0 Bahia – Copa do Brasil (spherical of 16 – a method)
Santos: João Paulo, Gabriel Inocêncio, Joaquim, Messias and Lucas Pires (Lucas Braga); Rodrigo Fernández (Bruno Mezenga), Dodi and Lucas Lima (Ed Carlos); Angelo (João Lucas), Deivid and Mendoza (Lucas Barbosa). Technician: Odair Hellmann.
Bahia: Marcos Felipe, Kanu, David Duarte and Vitor Hugo; Jacaré, Acevedo, Rezende, Cauly (Yago) (Arthur Gross sales) and Ryan (Chávez); Biel and Everaldo (Ademir). Technician: Renato: Paiva.
Native: Vila Belmiro
Yellow card: Lucas Braga (Santos); Everaldo, Chavez, Victor Hugo (Bahia)
Arbitration: Sávio Pereira Sampaio (DF), assisted by Bruno Boschilia (PR) and Leila Naiara Moreira da Cruz (DF).
WAS: Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro (RN).
