Corinthians beat Grêmio away, cement top spots in Brasileirão U20 | OneFootball

Late Monday afternoon (2), Corinthians faced Grêmio at the Airton Ferreira da Silva Stadium in Eldorado do Sul (RS), in a match valid for the third round of the first phase of the Brazilian Under-20 Championship and won 3-1. The goals for the Alvinegro were scored by Luiz Fernando, Luiz Gustavo Bahia, and Nicollas. With this result, the Alvinegro rises to second place in the national tournament with seven points – two wins and one draw – nine goals scored and three conceded.

Coach William Batista lined up the following team to start the match: Matheus Corrêa; João Vitor ‘Jacaré’ (Nicolas Araújo), Yago Melo, Iago Machado, and Guilherme Pires; Luiz Gustavo Bahia (Christian Oliveira), Luiz Eduardo (Caraguá), and Guilherme Amorim (Yago Kauã); Nicollas (Vitinho Dourado), Luiz Fernando (Guilherme Pellegrin), and Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’. The bench options were: Pietro, Guilherme Pellegrin, Lorezo Corrêa, Levy Dias, Caraguá, Vitinho Dourado, Yago Kauã, Christian Oliveira, and Nicolas Araújo.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

Grêmio Lineup

Fernando García started the match with the following formation: João Victor, Vitor Ramon, Nathan, David Brendo, Arthur Júnior, Higor, Roger, Jefferson Forneck, João Borne, Riquelme, and Fellipe Magalhães.

The substitutes' bench included: Mateus Bertolo, Tiago, Bernardo Ferreira, Zartéa, Adrielson, Ryan, Iago Valeije, Harlley, Arnaldo, Smiley, Jeferson, and Rogério.

Refereeing

The referee was Francisco Soares Dias, assisted by Claiton Timm and Jeissyevan Freitag Gonçalves. The fourth official was Eduardo Fernandes Bastos.

Next Fixture

After facing Grêmio away in the third round of the first phase of the Brasileirão, Corinthians will remain focused on the national competition. Timãozinho will face Fortaleza at the Alfredo Schürig Stadium, Fazendinha, for the fourth round of the national competition. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has not yet released the match details – date and time.

First Half

The opening minutes of the match between Grêmio and Corinthians were tightly contested, with the team from Rio Grande do Sul making it difficult for Corinthians to play out from the back. Early in the match, the Alvinegro showed some issues in their defensive build-up. Goalkeeper Matheus Corrêa made a sequence of two important saves.

The first came from a cross from left to right, where he saved a low shot in the corner and parried it to the side. On the rebound from the same play, the ball came back near the six-yard box and again the keeper made the save. As time went by, Corinthians found their rhythm in the match and started to threaten the team from Rio Grande do Sul, with a solid marking system and efficient attack.

Around the 10th minute, forward Luiz Fernando received a through ball on the right and took on the Grêmio defender. Wearing number 11, he feinted, nutmegged the opponent, and slotted the ball past the goalkeeper to open the scoring. Shortly after, the Alvinegro surprised Grêmio again, mainly down the left flank, with associative plays between Guilherme Pires and Gui Amorim.

Midway through the first half, Timãozinho's number 10 received the ball in the left midfield and played a three-fingered through pass to Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’. Number 9 kept the ball from going out over the end line and was brought down in the box – penalty awarded! Luiz Gustavo Bahia took the spot kick and scored to extend the lead! Grêmio 0 x 2 Corinthians.

Afterwards, the team from Rio Grande do Sul started to apply more pressure and reduced the deficit. In a play down the left, fullback Higor received the ball on the end line, dribbled past Bahia, and shot into the top corner of Matheus Corrêa’s goal to cut the lead for the Parque São Jorge club. Score: Grêmio 1 x 2 Corinthians. Even after conceding, William Batista’s side remained unfazed and continued to dominate the match.

Near the end of the first half, Corinthians regained possession in defense and saw Grêmio disorganized in their marking. Gui Amorim received the ball in midfield and played it to winger Nicollas between the defenders. Number 7 went one-on-one with the Grêmio keeper and calmly slotted it past him to score Timão’s third! Score: Grêmio 1 x 3 Corinthians.

At 45 minutes, six minutes were added. The first half ended at 51 minutes.

Second Half

To start the second half, coach William Batista made a change, taking off midfielder Luiz Eduardo, who was already on a yellow card, for defensive midfielder Caraguá. With this change, Luiz Gustavo Bahia moved further forward. The first minutes of the second half saw Grêmio pushing more into attack. Just 40 seconds in, the midfielder from the team from Rio Grande do Sul shot firmly from distance, with a deflection, into the hands of Matheus Corrêa.

At four minutes, Nicollas received the ball up front, went one-on-one with the Grêmio keeper, who made the save! At 10 minutes, the second change for Corinthians: forward Luiz Fernando, who left the pitch after falling on his shoulder, was replaced by Guilherme Pellegrin. Two minutes later, Grêmio threatened with aerial balls in attack, but the Corinthians defense came out on top.

At 17 minutes, from a tight free kick from the right midfield, Matheus Corrêa punched the ball away and Corinthians cleared the danger! At 23 minutes, two more changes: right-back João Vitor Jacaré and midfielder Gui Amorim came off for forward Nicolas Araújo and midfielder Yago Kauã. With this, Pellegrin moved to right-back and Araújo played as a winger.

Halfway through the second half, the Parque São Jorge club was not as threatening as before, since they had a comfortable lead. At 25, Grêmio almost surprised Matheus Corrêa with a shot from outside the box. The following minutes saw Grêmio trying to mount a final push.

At 37 minutes, Grêmio built a play down the left and Matheus Corrêa saved a strong shot. Immediately after, the last two changes for Corinthians: midfielder Luiz Gustavo Bahia and forward Nicollas left the field for midfielders Christian Oliveira and Vitinho Dourado, respectively.

At 43 minutes, Corinthians regained possession in defense with Nicolas Araújo, who launched Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’. He got past the Grêmio defender, went one-on-one with the goalkeeper, and shot wide! When the clock hit 45 minutes, eight more were added. Afterwards, Alvinegro almost scored a fourth, but the play was already offside – Nicolas Araújo.

At 53, the match ended. Score: Grêmio 1 x 3 Corinthians!

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