Coritiba beats Ipatinga 1-0 in Brazilian League
24/7/2008 17:28
Parana state team Coritiba beat Minas Gerais state's Ipatinga 1-0 in the
14th round of the Brazilian League last night, reaching eighth place in the
soccer tournament.
With the victory, Coritiba reached 20 points, and is seven
points behind league leader Flamengo.
The team also maintained its
invincibility in home matches in the tournament, and is among the group that
qualifies to the South American Cup.
Ipatinga has 10 points for its last
place in the tournament, risking being delegated to the second division only a
year after its promotion.
The Brazilian League is a tournament with 20 teams.
The last four are relegated to second division, the first four qualify to
Libertadores Cup, and those from fifth to eleventh place qualify for the South
American Cup.
Coritiba began the match in an accelerated rhythm and had its
first chance to score in the seventh minute, when striker Hugo tried a head goal
and Ipatinga's goalkeeper Fred saved.
At the 35th minute, Hugo passed to
Keirrison, who wasted his chance. Ipatinga explored the counter-attacks, and had
a good chance in the end of the first half with Rodriguinho, but none of the
teams managed to score.
In the second half, Coritiba maintained its pace, but
Ipatinga ran out of steam, allowing Carlinhos Paraiba, the best player in the
match, to score the only goal of the match in the 75th minute.
Xinhua
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