Belenenses 1-0 Gavião
Belenenses and Gavião met in the quarter-finals of the Serie B2 state of Pará on Sunday, with the home side taking all three points in a tight affair. The result leaves the table in flux, though not in the way many expected. Gavião arrived as leaders, but by then the visitors had found the hosts more formidable than their record suggested.
Belenenses sit fourth after four matches, two wins, one draw and a defeat, collecting seven points. Gavião top the standings on ten points from three victories and a draw. The visitors had looked imperious ahead of this encounter, but the clean-sheet run came to an end here.
Gavião's recent form had been steady: a 1-0 win over Altamira, a 2-2 draw with Parauapebas, another 2-0 victory against Altamira, and a 1-0 triumph over Parauapebas. Belenenses' run was more volatile, ranging from an 8-0 demolition to a 5-1 defeat. To be fair, consistency is a luxury in this stage of the competition.
What this result means is simple: the quarter-final tie is open, and the leader has been checked. Belenenses will make life awkward for Gavião in the return leg, and the pressure shifts. The old head settled them down in the second half, and that is worth remembering.