Santa Cruz beats Salgueiro with a goal by Gedoz and takes third place in the State. In a very truncated game, the tricolors ended a draw sequence, remained undefeated in the year, and returned to the ranking group. Salgueiro and Santa Cruz had a very disputed game at Cornélio de Barros, but with few clear danger moves. However, where Tricolor was more accurate in the second half and managed to win an important victory, with a goal by debutant Felipe Gedoz. As a result, the pressure on the choir team and coach Ranielle Ribeiro was slightly reduced. How is the classification With the victory in the sertão, Santa Cruz jumps in the classification and gained four positions, leaving the seventh place and reaching the third position, with 11 points. Salgueiro, on the other hand, fell to fourth place, but still within the qualifying group for the second phase. Upcoming games Santa Cruz returns to the field for Pernambucano next Friday to face Íbis, in Arruda, in the opening of the ninth round. First, however, Tricolor faces Fluminense-PI, on Wednesday, also at Arruda, for the Northeast Cup. Salgueiro returns to the field next Saturday, away from home, against Belo Jardim. First half The first half was a lot of competition, a lot of marking, a lot of heat and few chances to score. With creative difficulties and little offensive creativity, Salgueiro and Santa Cruz rarely had a chance to open the scoring in the first 45 minutes. Salgueiro was limited to crosses and shots without direction from outside the area. Tricolor, on the other hand, lost a good chance with Pipico, with a header, for the defense of César Tanaka. And that was it. Second half In the final stage, coach Ranielle Ribeiro made the debut of midfielder Felipe Gedoz, who replaced the faded Anderson Paulista. And it only took ten minutes for the change to prove decisive. After receiving with great freedom, Lucas Silva held the ball and back-heeled Gedoz who at first, taking it out of reach of the goalkeeper, opened the scoring. At a disadvantage, Salgueiro had two good tie opportunities right after, but both stopped at Coral goalkeeper Geaze. After that, the sertanejos surrounded Santa’s defense, but without being able to create. With that, Tricolor managed the three important points in the table well. Santa remains undefeated and breaks taboo With the result, Santa Cruz continues without losing in the season. Now in ten matches in the season, adding Pernambucano and Copa do Nordeste, there are four wins and six draws. In addition, the Tricolor broke a long script. This is because Salgueiro has not won, at Cornélio de Barros, since 2017. Since then, there have been three triumphs for Carcará and three draws. Starting with everything. On his debut for Santa Cruz, Felipe Gedoz scored the winning goal against Salgueiro, away from home, at the Cornélio de Barros stadium. The midfielder received a beautiful assist from striker Lucas Silva. GOAL BY FELIPE GEDOZ IN THE DEBUT FOR SANTA CRUZ Salgueiro x Santa Cruz is valid for the 8th round of the Pernambucano Championship and is of paramount importance for choral planning. The team has already played half of its matches for the first phase of the state and was in a delicate situation. Before the match, Tricolor was in 7th position on the table, outside the G6 that classifies teams for the state quarterfinals. Although undefeated, the team has only won one game so far: against Caruaru City, in Arruda, by 1-0. The other times he entered the field, he tied. With the partial victory against Salgueiro, Santa rises to 3rd place and is only behind Sport, leader, and Retrô, runner-up. – Watch the Pernambuco Championship on DAZN: https://www.dazn.com/pt-BR/home – Subscribe to the DAZN channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DAZNBRASIL – Subscribe to the Federation channel Pernambucana de Futebol: https://www.youtube.com/@TVFPFPE Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@torcedorraiz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soutorcedorraiz Official Website of Canal Torcedor Raiz: https://torcedorraiz.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soutorcedorraiz
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