At Fazendinha, Corinthians see off América-SP, end U20 Paulistão 2nd | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Saturday (12), Corinthians hosted América, from São José do Rio Preto, at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, Fazendinha, in a match valid for the 13th and final round of the first phase of the 2026 Paulista Under-20 Championship, and cruised to a 4-0 win. Timãozinho’s goals were scored by Luiz Fernando “Luizinho,” Gustavo Corrêa, Pedro Thomas, and Cristian Júnior.

Coach William Batista lined up the following starting eleven: Matheus Corrêa (Nikão), Guilherme Pellegrin (João Vitor “Jacaré”), Christian Oliveira, Levy Dias and Jonathan “Dodô”; Pedro Thomas (Vitinho Dourado), Caraguá (Cristian Júnior) and Gui Amorim; Gustavo Corrêa (Kayke Dallaqua); Luiz Fernando “Luizinho” (Nicollas) and Nicolas Araújo (Pedro Paulo). The bench options were: Nicollas Siqueira “Nikão”, João Vitor “Jacaré”, Pedro Paulo “Paulão”, Lucca Vaz, Vitinho Dourado, Nicollas, Kayke Dallaqua, Wilker and Cristian Júnior.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

América-SP lineup

The visitors, in turn, started with the following lineup: Jessé; Henrique, Vitão, Kaiury and Maranhão; Alex, Pedro Assis and Rodrigo; Eric Magno, Negueba and André.

Officiating

The referee was Rodrigo Fernandes Junior, assisted by Robson Ferreira Oliveira and Felipe Camargo Moraes. Marcio Mattos dos Santos served as the fourth official. There is no VAR (video assistant referee) in the competition.

How the match unfolded

Corinthians thoroughly dominated the match throughout the 90 minutes, especially in the first half, when they piled up clear scoring chances. The opposing team even showed signs of a more attacking start, but they were quickly contained by Alvinegro. Moments after the early pressure, the club from Parque São Jorge scored its first goal. Defensive midfielder Caraguá won a penalty in the ninth minute, and forward Luiz Fernando sent the goalkeeper the wrong way and opened the scoring by placing it into the right corner.

After that, Alvinegro kept pressing and doubled the lead in the 30th minute. Following a move and shot down the right flank, winger Gustavo Corrêa picked up the rebound inside the box and finished nicely to score the second goal. Shortly afterward, Corinthians had a player sent off. After a through ball down the right, center-back Christian Oliveira made a hard sliding tackle on striker Negueba, who was through on goal, and was consequently shown a red card. To shore up the defense, coach William Batista brought on center-back Paulão in place of forward Nicolas Araújo.

Even with a man down, Corinthians remained the better side and kept the opponent under control, with América creating little danger for Alvinegro. Late in the first half, the third goal came. Luiz Fernando took a right-sided corner with his left foot, and at the near post, defensive midfielder Pedro Thomas headed it past goalkeeper Jessé to make it 3-0: Corinthians 3-0 América-SP.

At the start of the second half, goalkeeper Matheus Corrêa made way for his positional rival, Nicollas Siqueira, as part of the team’s rotation plan given the comfortable situation in the state championship. In the second half, América-SP tried to pull one back, but they were met with solid saves from Timão’s goalkeeper, who kept a clean sheet until the final whistle.

During this period, William Batista sent on Vitinho Dourado, Nicollas, João Vitor “Jacaré,” Kayke Dallaqua, and Cristian Júnior in place of players such as Pedro Thomas, Luiz Fernando, Gustavo Corrêa, Guilherme Pellegrin, and Caraguá. Near the end of the match, there was still time for Alvinegro to score once more: in the 39th minute, João Vitor “Jacaré” reached the byline and played a low cross for Cristian Júnior to put the finishing touch on the match: Corinthians 4-0 América-SP.

Next match

With the result, the club from Parque São Jorge finished the first phase of the Paulista Under-20 Championship in second place in Group 1 with 32 points — 10 wins, two draws, and one loss, with 29 goals scored and three conceded. Santos ended the opening stage with the same number of points and the same record, but held the edge on goal difference (27 to 26). The São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) is expected to soon announce the details of the second phase and, consequently, Timão’s next opponent.

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