Corinthians lead, then concede late equaliser in U20 Brasileirão | OneFootball

On the night of this Tuesday (7), Corinthians visited Botafogo at Nilton Santos Stadium for the fifth round of the first stage of the Brazilian Under-20 Championship and ended up with a 1-1 draw. Timãozinho’s goal was scored by midfielder Luiz Gustavo Bahia in the opening minutes of the first half. With the draw, Alvinegro remains in fourth place in the national competition with eight points – two wins, two draws and one loss – with 10 goals scored and five conceded.

The first half between the two teams saw Botafogo put in the stronger performance, forcing decisive interventions from Filhos do Terrão goalkeeper Matheus Corrêa on several occasions. Despite their superiority in the opening 45 minutes, the Rio de Janeiro side fell behind, as the club from Parque São Jorge was more efficient early on and opened the scoring through Bahia after a mistake by Cleber Lucas.

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In the eighth minute, Luiz Fernando took a corner, the Botafogo goalkeeper spilled it and, as mentioned, Luiz Gustavo Bahia scored for William Batista’s side. After finding the net, the Corinthians team dropped in performance and saw the opponent grow into the match. Even so, it went into halftime ahead. In the second half, Botafogo returned with an even more intense pace and kept forcing important saves from Matheus Corrêa.

The pressure from the Rio side paid off, as after a late siege, in the 46th minute, Miguel Caldas took advantage of a loose ball inside the box and fired into Timãozinho’s net to level the match. Coach William Batista named the following lineup to start the game: Matheus Corrêa; João Vitor “Jacaré”, Lorenzo, Levy Dias and Joãozinho; Caraguá, Luiz Gustavo Bahia and Vitinho Dourado; Nicollas, Luiz Fernando (Luizinho) and Luiz Fábio “Favela”.

The bench featured: Pietro; Guilherme Pellegrin, Cauã Ribeiro, Pedro Thomas, Guilherme Pires, Cristian, Lucca Caramico, Rodrigo, Dodô (Jonathan), Wilker, Lucca Vaz and Christian Oliveira. Now, Timãozinho keeps its focus on the Brazilian Championship in the category. That is because, next Thursday the 16th, at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), it will face Santos at Alfredo Schürig Stadium, Fazendinha, for the sixth round of the first stage of the tournament.

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