Copa ES 2024: After blackout in Araripe, Desportiva beats Sport-ES and is leader | holy spirit cup

Before the power outage, still on Sunday, nine minutes into the first half, Tiva saw Sport open the scoring with Hennos. Five minutes later, Desportiva started the reaction, with Luiz Felipe. Before the break, at 32, Wyllian Sotto turned the game around for the green team.

On the way back to the second half, Araripe’s floodlights were turned on, but one tower remained off. However, shortly afterwards there was a general power outage in the stadium. Still, with natural lighting, referee Cleyton Raimundo continued the match. In the 11th minute, Rafael Carioca scored Tiva’s third goal, but, in the 16th minute, the game was suspended after the blackout. In the continuation, held this Monday, the grená team managed the result and left the field with three points.

With the result, Desportiva Ferroviária reaches four points and takes the provisional lead of the Copa Espírito Santo 2024. Sport-ES, which lost its first two games, continues without points and is in the last place. The second round continues this Wednesday with Porto Vitória and Real Noroeste, but ends only on May 22, the date of the game between Rio Branco and Vilavelhense, which was postponed.

The first phase of the Copa Espírito Santo 2024 continues on the weekend with the third round games. On Saturday, at 3pm, Desportiva Ferroviária will play the classic against Vitória-ES, at the Salvador Costa stadium. On the same day and time, Sport-ES takes on Vilavelhense, at Gil Bernardes.