O Athletic spared the holders, but won the turn by 2 to 1 over the Londrina. The result secured Hurricane in advance for the quarterfinals of the Paranaense Championship.
Besides the players, coach Juan Carlos Osório also did not travel to Londrina. The Rubro-Negro was commanded by the aide Yury Londoño, who explained the decision not to relate the main names.
" In our rotation, we try to identify players who can perform certain tasks in the field and also do cast rotation. It's not being easy, leaving after departure, with little recovery time. But we are managing, through our behavior and our ideas, not to give up control of the game at any time," the assistant explained.
The two goals of Athletic victory were scored by strikers Romeo Benítez and Petterson, reinforcements hired for the season. In addition to hiring, the Athletic team had young people on the field, including quarterback Lucas Belezi, half Dudu and attacker Walace.
"We like it, because we have to give the cast kids a chance. We knew the rival was a very athletic team, but we know the potential of our athletes and they didn't disappoint. They entered right when they had to enter and performed their tasks well."
Londoño said.
Athletico played for the last time away from Curitiba in the classification phase. Rubro-Negro plays in the Ligga Arena against Operário and São Joseense, and competes with the classic Coritiba in Couto Pereira.
ATHLETIC AGENDA
- Workers – Thursday (15/02), at 19h, at Ligga Arena (Campeonato Paranaense)
- Coritiba – Sunday (18/02), at 6:30 p.m., in Couto Pereira (Campeonato Paranaense)
- São Joseense – Sunday (25/02), at 16h, at the Ligga Arena (Paranaense Championship)
