Corinthians caught out by Coritiba, miss chance to close in on leaders | OneFootball

Wednesday was filled with excitement over the arrival of Jesse Lingard, but Corinthians disappointed on the field and was surprised by Coritiba at the Neo Química Arena. Timão lost 2-0 to Coxa in the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship. The goals for the visiting team were scored by Jacy and Lucas Ronier.

Standings

With this result, Corinthians missed a golden opportunity to close in on the leaders of the Brasileirão. Timão could have matched the points tally of Palmeiras and São Paulo, but dropped to eighth place in the tournament, with seven points.

Meanwhile, Coritiba climbed up the table and jumped to fifth place. Coxa has the same number of points as the black-and-white team, but leads on tiebreaker criteria.

📋 Match Summary

⚫ CORINTHIANS 0 X 2 CORITIBA 🟢

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship (5th round) 🏟️ Venue: Neo Química Arena, in São Paulo (SP) 📅 Date: March 11, 2026 (Wednesday) ⏰ Time: 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 👥 Attendance: 34,759 fans 💰 Revenue: R$ 2,455,229.50 🟨 Yellow Cards: Hugo Souza (Corinthians); Lucas Ronier (Coritiba) 🟥 Red Cards: None

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Goals:

⚫ Corinthians

Hugo Souza; Matheuzinho, Gabriel Paulista, Gustavo Henrique, and Matheus Bidu (Angileri); Allan (Carrillo), André, Breno Bidon (Dieguinho), and Rodrigo Garro (Vitinho); Memphis Depay (Zakaria Labyad) and Gui Negão (Pedro Raul). Coach: Lucas Silvestre

🟢 Coritiba

Pedro Rangel; JP Chermont (Thiago Santos), Maicon, Jacy (Tiago Cóser), and Bruno Melo; Wallisson, Sebastián Gómez, and Josué (Vini Paulista); Lucas Ronier, Breno Lopes (Lavega), and Pedro Rocha (Fabinho). Coach: Fernando Seabra

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How was the match?

Corinthians controlled the action throughout the first half but failed to finish plays and could not create dangerous chances. Timão even had a scare at 27 minutes, when Pedro Rocha broke free in front of Hugo Souza, dribbled past the goalkeeper, and put the ball in the net. However, the goal was disallowed for offside.

The home team's lack of effectiveness proved costly at 36 minutes. From a corner kick, Josué crossed perfectly to Jacy, who headed into the corner to open the scoring for Coritiba. The ball even grazed the post before ending up in the back of Hugo Souza’s net, who could do nothing.

Second half

Corinthians came back unfocused after the break and saw Coxa extend the lead seven minutes into the second half. After a beautiful passing sequence down the left, Josué switched play to Lucas Ronier, who was alone in the box. He headed past Hugo Souza and increased the deficit for the black-and-white team.

Not even the four instant substitutions made by assistant Lucas Silvestre had any effect. Timão moved the ball from side to side but produced little in attack. Moroccan midfielder Zakaria Labyad also came on and made his debut, but had a quiet performance.

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