Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Paraná (1st, 46 pts) held a 38-point advantage over GRECAL (10th, 8 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: GRECAL 1.06 scored and 3.17 conceded per game, Paraná 2.44 and 1, with the league averaging 1.63.
Defeat had followed defeat for GRECAL — five in succession. Paraná arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 0/15 points for GRECAL, 13/15 for Paraná.
The match was played at Estádio Janguito Malucelli (capacity 5,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-3.


