The victory means Ramon Menezes’ team is 100% successful and is the new leader of the competition.
Ceará had way more possession of the ball, finished more, but hardly took danger to the goal of Fernando Miguel. Vasco were decisive in their counterattacks and buried the game in the second half.
In the early stages of the game, Ceará was better than Vasco,
who entered the field with two new names: Cláudio Winck replaced Cayo Tenório on the right side, and Neto Borges entered as left-back, replacing Gabriel Pec.
Mateus Gonçalves, living up to the nickname of Raio troubled the Vasco defence with his speed and even had four chances to score. In fact, in this regard, Vozão had seven chances compared to Vasco’s two. Ceará also stood out in possession of the ball at 63%. The first half ended goalless.
In the second half, the tonic was similar. As in the opening 45 minutes, Ceará had more possession of the ball but failed to use their chances. Vasco were deadly and will go on to punish their opponents.
The first bite came in the 22nd minute, when Benítez stole the ball and played for Andrey to set Cano free to score. Bastos doubled his side’s advantage with a great goal after a move started again by the Argentine. In the end, Ribamar decided the game with the third goal late on.
New leader of the Brazilian Championship, Vasco returns to the field on Sunday and face a big game against Grêmio. Ceará, penultimate on the table return on Monday and will face Bahia.
