Athletico-PR, finally, shocked the poor phase in the Serie B of the Brazilian Championship. On Saturday afternoon, the Paranaense team received Athletic-MG at the Ligga Arena in Curitiba (PR) in the 9th round of the national competition, and in a balanced match, they defeated their opponent 1-0. The game, which marked the debut of Odair Hellmann as the new coach of Athletico in place of Maurício Barbieri, had little emotion in the first half, but changed in the last 45 minutes, when the home team became superior after the changes made by the new coach. With the result, Athletico gained 13 points, broke a sequence of four games without a win, and jumped to 8th place in the classification table, two behind CRB, the first team in the G-4 zone of access. On the other side, with six points, the Miners stopped in 15th place. The game started balanced. While Athletico bet on the speed of its wingers, reaching good opportunities for Habraão and João Cruz, who were stopped by Jefferson Luís, Athletic dominated more possession of the ball, but like the home team, they couldn't reach the objective. In the second half, however, the game picked up pace. At two, Neto Costa received in the area, shot and saw Mycael make a great save. The response from the Paranaense team, however, was fatal. At 13, after a free kick, João Cruz took a rebound from the defense and crossed the ball in the measure for Renan Peixoto, who headed the opening goal. Athletico almost made it 2-0 at 17, when João Cruz received on the left, invaded the area and faced Jefferson Luís, but stopped in the defense. The home team had more chances to kill the game, but failed to finish the plays and even saw Renan Peixoto score again at 41, but it was annulled for offside. The teams will return to the field for the 10th round of Serie B only next weekend. On Saturday (31), Athletic will receive Cuiabá at Independência, starting at 20:30. The next day, at 16:00, it will be the turn of Athletico to visit Operário-PR at Germano Krüger Stadium in Ponta Grossa (PR).
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