🎥 Should this match have gone ahead? Brasileirão derby on soaked pitch

🎥 Should this match have gone ahead? Brasileirão derby on soaked pitch The 27th round of the 2026 Brasileirão got underway on Friday night (11) with the 401st Athletiba in history at Couto Pereira. A derby being played even though the pitch is not in the best condition because of the rain falling in Curitiba. Assessment and... the ball is rolling! The refereeing team walked the pitch to check its condition during both teams' warm-up. Then referee Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (RJ) called over both coaches to indicate that the idea was to go ahead with the match. Athletico coach Odair Hellmann showed he was unhappy with the decision not to postpone the clash. And the ball got rolling with a delay of only five minutes. Athletico did not "forgive" the pitch conditions at their rival's home ground. They pointed out that Arena da Baixada has a retractable roof, which would avoid situations like this Friday's. The opening minutes were difficult for both teams. And there was no shortage of scuffles. There were three in the first 13 minutes. The first came after Jacy was hit by Viveros. Then Josué was "doing a Hulk impression against Benavídez" and, right after that, Thiago Santos and Mendoza clashed. Furacão went ahead after Luiz Gustavo (18') came out on top in the air against national team call-up Pedro Morisco. And the second came through Arthur Dias (30'), another player called up by Carlo Ancelotti. The partial win is taking CAP, in third place, to 48 points. Coritiba, meanwhile, remain on 37 points and in seventh. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.