PIRAJUÍ, Brazil (Interstat) — Sport Recife defeated Sao Bernardo 2-1 on Tuesday at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, getting a late goal to claim the home victory. Neto Pessoa opened the scoring for Sport Recife in the 17th minute. Sao Bernardo answered in the 46th minute when Pedrinho scored. Patrick de Paula then scored the deciding goal in the 86th minute for Sport Recife. Chrystian Barletta recorded an assist for Sport Recife and received a yellow card. Lucas Lima had an assist for Sao Bernardo before being substituted in the 73rd minute. The match included nine yellow cards, with Sport Recife’s Soso M., Chrystian Barletta, Rai, Patrick de Paula and Habraao booked, and Sao Bernardo’s Fabricio Daniel, Hugo Sanches, Jemerson and Luizao also cautioned. Sport Recife improved to 2-1 in the competition and 3-1 across all competitions. Sao Bernardo moved to 1-1 in the competition and 1-1 overall. Sport Recife held on through five minutes of stoppage time after several late cautions, and Sao Bernardo could not find a second equalizer.