Bahia News / News / With two goals from Gilberto, Bahia wins the first triumph of the Northeast Cup

Playing outside the country, Bahia won his first triumph at the 2019 North East Cup, with two goals from Gilberto. In the afternoon of Saturday (26), the Tricolor won the Santa Cruz 3 to 1, in the arena Pernambuco, for the second round of the regional tournament. Lateral back Marcos Martins, who has already evolved into the Bahia team, scored against the 18th minute and Elias created the tie at 36, 36, both in the first period. In the last stage, the 9 jersey went into action and scored the second and third players of the Steel Squad in the first minute and nine. He has reached the fifth goal in three games this year.

With the result, the Tricolor momentarily takes the direction of group B Nordestão by adding four points. Ceará and ABC, respectively second and third, have three points, but still play in this round. On the other side, the coral snake is seventh with only one point conquered.

The Steel Squadron is now focusing on the Bahia Championship, where it will face Bahia de Feira for the third round. The match will take place on Wednesday 30 at 20:30 at the Fonte Nova Arena. For the Nordest, the Bahia come back play the other Sunday (3), at 16h, to realize the clbadic against Vitória, still in Fonte Nova. Check out the report of the game in our Sports section!