Cruzeiro’s 3–2 win over Bahia is a good reminder that more possession can coexist with less danger. Bahia scored first and found a late reply, but Cruzeiro kept getting into shooting areas and had the stronger share of chances between those goals. I’d be careful about reading the one goal margin as a picture of equal control. Did Bahia’s late response show a route they could repeat, or mostly how a closing game can loosen up?
Our provisional result has Cruzeiro winning 3–2 after the sides were level at the break. The final stat feed gives Bahia 55% possession, while Cruzeiro took 22 shots to Bahia’s 13, including 15 from inside the box to Bahia’s nine. The event log also records a missed Cruzeiro penalty. Those figures describe where the chances came from; they do not explain every passage of play.
