Corinthians thrash Santa Fé at Fazendinha, stay top in Paulista U17 | OneFootball

Corinthians confirmed their strong form in the Paulista U-17 Championship and beat Santa Fé 5-0 on Saturday morning (29) at Fazendinha, in the third round of the competition’s second phase. Miguel Moscardo scored twice, Lucão also found the net, and Rhyan Ladeira came off the bench to add two more goals.

Guilherme Nascimento’s side controlled virtually the entire match. In the first half, Timão created several chances but went into the break with only a narrow lead. In the second half, they turned their superiority into goals and built the rout. With the result, Corinthians moved to seven points and stayed top of their group, while also claiming a third straight win.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

Corinthians lineup

Corinthians started the match with: Matheus Alemão; Kevin Fernando, Lucão, Nathan and Wendel; Lucas Splichal, Sales and Gabriel Cordeiro; Matheus Rocha, Igor Macedo and Miguel Moscardo.

On the bench, Guilherme Nascimento had Alencar, Pirituba, Felipe Aguirra, Piracicaba, Pedro Nogueira, Rhyan Ladeira, Tupã, Jerry Vinícius and Léo Amistá available.

Santa Fé lineup

Santa Fé, coached by Bruno Roberto, began with: João Gabriel, Paulo Henrique, Juan Pablo, Erviklio, Eduardo Henrique, Pedro Lucas, Leonardo, Gabriel Queiroz, Davi Ichiro, Gabriel Henrique and Felipe Vasconcelos.

Next match

Corinthians return to action next Wednesday (2) at 4 p.m. (Brasília time), when they face Athletico-PR in Curitiba.

First half

Corinthians started on the front foot and created their first chance in the opening minutes. Lucas Splichal broke down the right and crossed for Gabriel Cordeiro, who got inside the six-yard box and headed goalward. João Gabriel made a good save to keep it out.

CORINTHIANS GOAL: before five minutes had passed, Kevin Fernando received the ball on the right and crossed into the box. Miguel Moscardo rose highest and headed into the back of the net to open the scoring for Timão: 1-0.

Even with the lead, Corinthians kept pressing in the attacking half. In the 10th minute, Igor Macedo found Splichal, who shot looking for the top corner but sent it wide. Shortly after, Matheus Rocha received the ball inside the box, cut past his marker, and also missed the target.

In the 18th minute, Timão came close to extending the lead. After a good passing move down the right, Moscardo laid it off to Igor Macedo, who struck the post with his shot.

Corinthians kept creating chances. Lucão crossed for Moscardo, who failed to connect cleanly and made the save easy for the goalkeeper. Then Kevin Fernando tried an angled shot, but sent it beyond the end line. In the 30th minute, Sales found Matheus Rocha, whose effort was stopped by another save from João Gabriel.

In stoppage time, Matheus Rocha beat two defenders and shot wide. Despite their superiority throughout the first half, Corinthians went into the break leading only 1-0.

Second half

Corinthians came back for the second half still in control. Two minutes in, Moscardo threatened again in the air, but headed straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.

CORINTHIANS GOAL: in the third minute, Timão tried to build a move near the opposition box. Santa Fé’s defense briefly regained possession but failed to fully clear it. The loose ball fell to Lucão, who tried his luck from long range and found the net to make it: 2-0.

In the sixth minute, Santa Fé had their first attacking move. Gabriel advanced down the right and looked for Davi with a cross, but his teammate could not reach the ball.

In the 13th minute, Guilherme Nascimento made his first changes, with Wendel and Matheus Rocha coming off for Pedro Nogueira and Rhyan Ladeira. Rhyan quickly got involved in attack and had a shot deflected out for a corner.

CORINTHIANS GOAL: from the corner, Pedro Nogueira sent the ball into the area. It took a touch off Nathan and fell to Miguel Moscardo, who finished to score his second goal of the match and increase the lead to 3-0.

After the 20-minute mark, Sales and Moscardo left the field for Tupã and Jerry Vinícius.

CORINTHIANS GOAL: in the 25th minute, Rhyan Ladeira received the ball outside the box and went for goal. The ball hit the crossbar and went in, turning the win into a rout: 4-0.

Shortly after, Guilherme Nascimento made more substitutions. Nathan, Lucas Splichal and Igor Macedo came off for Felipe Aguirra, Piracicaba and Léo Amistá. Corinthians kept pushing despite their comfortable lead and found room to score again.

CORINTHIANS GOAL: Kevin Fernando crossed from the right toward Léo Amistá, who could not reach it. Jerry Vinícius let the ball run, and Rhyan Ladeira arrived unmarked to fire home. The forward scored his second of the game and sealed the score at 5-0. Shortly afterward, the referee blew the final whistle at Fazendinha, confirming the Corinthians rout.

League standing

With another win, Corinthians reached seven points in the second phase and remained top of their group in the Paulista U-17 Championship. The result also extended Guilherme Nascimento’s team’s positive run to three consecutive victories.

The attacking spotlight was shared by Miguel Moscardo and Rhyan Ladeira. Moscardo scored the team’s first two goals of the match, while Rhyan came on in the second half and netted two of the last three goals in the rout.

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