A goal in added time, and then chaos. Important in the fight for maintenance, the clash between Coritiba and Cruzeiro, Saturday in Brazil, ended in the worst possible way, after the locals, through Robson, opened the scoring at the start of added time. After this goal, several Cruzeiro supporters entered the pitch, knocking down advertising boards and causing the 22 players to flee towards the locker rooms.
Coritiba supporters then also rushed onto the pitch to do battle with their evening opponents. In great superiority, the Verdão fans pushed their visiting counterparts back after several shots. “In view of the events that occurred on Saturday afternoon at the Durival-de-Britto stadium, at the end of the Coritiba-Cruzeiro match, the Coritiba Football Club vehemently condemns the invasion of the pitch undertaken by Cruzeiro supporters, just after the goal de Coritiba, which caused widespread unrest, the local club said. Such situations are unacceptable and only harm the clubs and Brazilian football. The club is working to identify the invaders and those responsible for the incident. »
After forty-five minutes of interruption, the arrival of the police and the expulsion of the visiting supporters from the stadium, the match was finally able to come to an end, without the score changing in the last five minutes. Despite this success, which obviously takes second place, Coritiba remains penultimate in the Brasileirão, eight points behind its opponent of the day, first relegated.