Corinthians concede late to São José, first U17 Paulista loss | OneFootball

On the morning of this Sunday (13), Corinthians took the field at José Martins Pereira Stadium, in São José dos Campos, in the countryside of São Paulo, for the fourth round of the second phase of the 2026 Paulista U-17 Championship, and ended up being beaten 1-0. Even with the defeat, Timaozinho remains top of Group 20 with seven points – two wins, one draw and one loss, with nine goals scored and four conceded. The runner-up is São José itself, with six.

Coach Guilherme Nascimento lined up the following team to start the match: Matheus Alemão; Kevin Fernando, Lucas Lopes ‘Lucão’ (Gabriel Cordeiro), Nathan and Wendel (Pedro Nogueira); Ji-paraná, Lucca Caramico and Léo Amistá (Jerry Vinícius); Rhyan Ladeira (Matheus Rocha), Léo Rodrigues (Igor Macedo) and Miguel Moscardo. On the bench, the options were: Rafael Alencar, Gustavo Sales, Felipe Aguirra, Pedro Nogueira, Piracicaba, Igor Macedo, Jerry Vinícius, Matheus Rocha and Gabriel Cordeiro.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

The first half against São José, despite ending goalless, was marked by a high volume of play from both teams, but without many clear chances created by either side and, consequently, with little danger for the goalkeepers. The team from the São Paulo countryside had a certain edge, especially with long balls to striker Marcão. Corinthians, in turn, mostly tried to threaten through plays down the right side, but without effectiveness and, as a result, looked predictable.

After the break, Corinthians came back performing better than São José. However, they failed to turn their possession and pressure into goals and, at the end of the match, were punished by the opponent. After a counterattack, the home side opened the scoring. The rival forward received the ball on the right, took on the defender, got past him, and simply finished past Matheus Alemão to seal the score: São José 1-0 Corinthians.

After being beaten by São José away from home in the Paulista U-17 Championship, Corinthians now turns its focus back to the Brazilian Championship in the category. Next Wednesday (16), at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), the club from Parque São Jorge will host Atlético-MG at Alfredo Schürig Stadium, Fazendinha, for the 17th round of the national tournament. At the moment, Timãozinho sits in fourth place with 30 points – nine wins, three draws and four losses – with 42 goals scored and 18 conceded.

Recent negative spell

The defeat meant Timão reached its third game without a win this season. In the two previous matches, both in the U-17 Brasileirão, the club from Parque São Jorge lost to Red Bull Bragantino 3-2 at Fazendinha and drew 2-2 away to Fortaleza in rounds 15 and 16 of the national tournament. The last victory came on September 2, in the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship in the category, at CT do Caju, by 4-1.

Timãozinho fails to score again after seven matches

The defeat to São José meant Alvinegro went scoreless again after seven games. The last time the Terrão Boys had finished a match without finding the net was on August 11, in a 2-0 loss to Flamengo at Luso-Brasileiro Stadium, in the 11th round of the national competition.

Since then, Alvinegro had scored in matches against Desportivo Brasil (A – 1-1), Fluminense (H – 1-1), São José (H – 3-2), América-MG (A – 0-2), Santa Fé (H – 5-0), Athletico-PR (A – 1-4), Red Bull Bragantino (H – 2-3) and Fortaleza (A – 2-2).

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