On date 2 of Brazil – Brasileiro 2023, midfielder Yago Pikachu scored two goals in Fortaleza’s overwhelming victory over Coritiba. The away goals were made by Silvio Romero (6′ 2T) and Yago Pikachu (37′ 2T and 45′ 2T).
Coritiba had a chance to score that was almost equal, but Nathanael’s shot ended up hitting the post.
Yago Pikachu had a great performance. The Fortaleza midfielder scored 2 goals, made 2 correct passes and was encouraged to kick 3 times.
Another player who had a great game was Fernando Miguel. The Fortaleza goalkeeper was the protagonist against Coritiba: he contained 7 shots and made 11 correct passes.
Defender Tinga from Fortaleza threw a pipe and filtered the ball between the legs of midfielder Bruno Gomes from Coritiba at minute 16 of the first stage.
The process of the game was fought and with a lot of friction during the 90 minutes. There were 3 reprimands: Alef Manga, Calebe and Emanuel Brítez.
Coritiba manager Leomir de Souza presented a 3-5-2 tactical arrangement with Gabriel Vasconcelos in goal; Bruno Viana, Gustavo Vilar and Benjamín Kuscevic on the defensive line; Nathanael, Júnior Urso, Liziero, Jamerson Bahia and Bruno Gomes in the middle; and Alef Manga and Robson Fernandes in attack.
For their part, Juan Pablo Vojvoda’s team came out with a 4-3-3 tactical arrangement with Fernando Miguel under the three sticks; Tinga, Emanuel Brítez, Titi and Bruno Pacheco in defense; Caio Alexandre, Hercules and Tomás Pochettino in midfield; and Calebe, Silvio Romero and Guilherme up front.
Wilton Pereira Sampaio was in charge of supervising the order of play during the match.
In the next matchday Coritiba will face São Paulo at home, while Fortaleza will play as a visitor against Fluminense.
In this way, the local is in the nineteenth place in the championship without points, while the visit, with 4, is in second place.
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