Fortaleza suffered the upset but qualified for the Copa do Nordeste

In deep crisis, Fortaleza once again negatively surprised its fans: away from home, the team led by Juan Pablo Vojvoda opened 2-0 but ended up suffering an impressive defeat away from home against Maranhão. Defeat 3 to 2.

With the large volume of matches, Fortaleza tried to rotate its team on Wednesday evening. Despite this, the Ceará team performed better on the pitch and did not take long to open the scoring in the 18th minute with Moisés with a nice cross shot.

Despite some moments of pressure from Maranhão, the away team got to their second goal late in the first half when Lucero received from Pochettino and converted the chance, 2-0.

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In the second half of the match we expected the continuation of Fortaleza’s pressure and the consecration of the victory. However, at the beginning of the second phase, Maranhão Felipe Cruz after a failure in the defense of the Tricolor do Pici.

The goal scored encouraged “Bode” (Maranhão’s nickname) who tied the score at 23 in the second half after Barata converted a penalty, 2 to 2. With the marked improvement combined with Fortaleza’s apathy, the goal of breakthrough came right on the line. match in which Clessione takes advantage of a great counterattack and gives the final result to the match, 3 to 2.

Even with the surprising turnaround at home, the Maranhão ended up eliminated and will not play in the knockout phase of the Copa do Nordeste (even with a better championship than most of the teams in group B: Bode won four matches, drew two and lost another two). In turn, Fortaleza, despite a terrible campaign, (two wins, two draws and four defeats) have passed the stage and will face Altos in the first knockout stage of the competition.