Nothing decided or taken forward in the duel between Atlético-CE and Ferroviária, for the quarterfinals of Série D. In the first leg, played at Estádio Domingão, in Horizonte, Ceará and broadcast live by TV Brasil, the teams tied for 1 st 1. Ewerthon Potiguar opened the scoring for the hosts and Gleyson equalized for the visitors. As there is no advantage of the goal scored away from home in the competition, another draw in the return game, next Sunday, at Fonte Luminosa Stadium, in Araraquara, will take the decision of the spot to penalties. If there is a winner within 90 minutes, he will advance to the semifinal and will also guarantee a place in the next season of Serie C. For any of the clubs, access would be a feat: Atlético never played in the third national division and Ferroviária does not arrive to this level since 2002.
Willing to dictate the pace of the match, Atlético went over the opponent and needed just two minutes to open the score. Ewerthon Potiguar received a cross from the right and headed to the ground, reaching the right corner of goalkeeper Saulo, who could do nothing.
From then on, the team from São Paulo came to be on the field and, after a series of chances created, got a tie at the end of the initial stage. After a cross from the right, Júlio Vitor touched it to the middle of the area and Gleyson completed it to the goal: 1 to 1.
Shortly thereafter, Gleyson himself had a chance to turn the score around, but the header was deflected by goalkeeper Carlão before finding the left post.
In the second stage, Atlético performed slightly better, but could not find the nets. Railway was not so incisive and held the tie.
The two teams play the most important game of their seasons next Sunday (17th), at 15:00. Fonte Luminosa, as happened in this first leg, will not have the presence of the public. However, Ferroviária has a great motivating factor: the team has not been defeated in Serie D for 18 matches. He suffered only one setback in the competition, precisely on his debut, against Uberlândia (3-0) and since then he has accumulated 12 wins and 6 draws. Athletic, on the other hand, will seek the unprecedented vacancy moved by overthrowing the team in the strongest thesis of the competition so far. As a draw takes the game to penalties, you may not even need to actually win the game to advance.
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