Cuiaba defeats Figueirense on penalties to advance to Copa de Brazil

The duel between Figuernese and Cuiaba in the second stage of the Copa del Rey was decided by penalties after 2-2 in regular time. Hurricane missed the first two kicks with Mario and Gustavo Zee and saw Cuiaba convert all four kicks. Dorado is seeded for the next stage of the competition and still guarantees 1.9 million R$ to the treasury.

The first half was scored through fouls and created few chances

The match got off to a crowded start at Orlando Scarpelli. The home team’s strategy was to exchange passes to the area. Cuiabá’s had more possession in midfield and created a good opportunity to attack. After 30 minutes, the action subsided, only for a few moments Hurricane pressure on goalkeeper Walter, but Dorado’s outstanding defense avoided any chance of a goal. Figerense missed the finishing touches on the last pass, and Elton also missed his kick at the end of the first half, who missed a great opportunity to open the score, which ended in a tie and unchanged, 0 × 0.

The second half is full of goals and it’s all the same at the end

Cuiaba returned for the second half in an attempt to open the scoring, and the team’s top scorer in the season decided to appear more. In the first half, Rodrigueno received an accurate pass from Alisson, and all he had to do was kick the ball into the goal. 1 x 0 gone after 10 minutes of play. Despite his lead on the scoreboard, Dorado continued to make mistakes as they did at the start of the match and had five players yellow cards. The joy of moving forward ended early. In the 28th minute, Zé Mário equalized the match, but the return came quickly when the referee awarded a penalty kick to Cuiaba after the ball touched the arm of Luis Fernando. Elton took the ball and turned it around. But Paulau misjudged Walter’s goal and ended up scoring an own goal in the 40th minute, tying the match in favor of Figerense. 2 x 2 marked score in Orlando Scarpelli

Penalty kicks

With kicks wasted by Gustavo Henrique and Ze Mario by Figerense, Cuiaba converted all four kicks and took to the stage in Copa do Brasil. Elton, Joao Lucas, Pepe and Alan Emperor scored their goals.

Match Highlights

Jhon Cley played a lot with Hurricane in the first half, but ended up doing it right at the start of the second half. Rodrigueno, the league’s top scorer and opportunist, was one of the top goalscorers of Dorado as well as Elton.

Coming commitments

For the Copa del Rey, Dorado will wait until the Brazilian Football Confederation equalizes in the third stage of the competition. For states, clubs return to the field at the weekend. Cuiaba goes to Dutrinha to duel with Dom Bosco in the first match of the Mato-Grossense semi-final, on Saturday (12) at 15:30 (Brasilia time). Figerense hosts Hercilio Luz on the same day, at 4:30 pm in Orlando Scarpelli, the first-leg of the quarter-finals of Catarinisi.