Already classified for the matata of the Paranaense Championship, the Athletico sees in the duel with the Workers, which happens on Thursday (15), at 19h, in the Ligga Arena, the chance to put this group in history and repeat a feat 42 years ago. If you don't lose to the Phantom, Hurricane will match your biggest undefeated sequence at State.
In total, it's 26 games without losing. The final defeat was on March 23, 2022, when he suffered 2×1 for the CoritibaAt home for the semifinal duel. Since then, you don't know what it's like to leave the field in Paranaense without at least one point. The sequel also began that season, in the 1×1 draw with Coxa, in Couto Pereira, for the game back.
From there to here, it was 21 wins and five draws. Results that led Athletico to make the 2023 Paranaense undefeated. Last year, it was 15 wins and only two draws. A campaign that made Hurricane equal two new achievements in 1929 and 1936.
Best Athletic sequence happened in the early 1980s
So far, the best undefeated Athletic series has occurred between 1981 and 1982.. In the first year, in an irregular campaign – being champion of the first round, but only the ninth in the second – the Hurricane ended in the third overall position. In the second half of the championship, the team said goodbye to the state with A 1×0 victory over Toledo. There began the sequence that entered the story.
In 1982, Rubro-Negro was the champion, with an unstoppable campaign. In the first round, five wins and six draws in the first round. In the semifinal, a 2×0 on top of the Worker and then, in the decision, a 4×0 on the Grêmio Maringá. In the second round, there were six wins and five draws in the first stage. With a 4×0 over the Phantom in the semifinal and 1×1 draw with Colorado in the decision.
Only in the third round was the Athletico to meet his first defeat in that championship, suffering 1×0 for Paranavaí, on September 15. The Hurricane would still lose again, but qualified first for the semifinals of the shift, defeated the Londrina By 2×0 and in the final it swung Colorado by 4×1. In total, there were 39 games in 1982, with 22 wins, 15 draws and two losses. Conquer that ended a 12-year-old fast from the club without a title.
Current enjoyment is better
Even if it were a tie with the Worker, the current Athletico would match the best sequence in history, but would surpass that Hurricane in terms of exploitation. Between 1981 and 1982, the Rubro-Negro won 15 wins and 12 draws in 27 games, adding 77.7% of the points played. (at that time victory was worth two points – if converted to three points, the use drops to 70.3%).
In the recent campaign, from 2022 to 2024, there are 21 wins and five draws, totaling 87.1%. If you beat Ghost, that number goes up to 87.6%. In case of a tie, it falls to 85.1%. Anyway, performance over 42 years ago.
