Corinthians under-16s beat Paulinense to win Pré-Paulistão U17 | OneFootball

Throughout the afternoon this Wednesday (13), Corinthians’ Under-16 team faced Paulinense at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, Fazendinha, in the final of the Paulista Under-17 Pre-Championship, and beat their opponent 4-2.

Coach Douglas Pilar started the match with the following lineup: Abnner; Vitor Nagashima, Caio Manuel, Pablo Fiuk and Rafael Luiz; Léo Saraiva, Arthur Afro and Guilherme Matheus; Rhyan, Rafael Lisbôa and Pedro Morelli.

Photo: Henrique Barreto

Corinthians dominated the start of the match, but ended up falling behind through an own goal by Léo Saraiva. However, Alvinegro, even at a disadvantage, did not let it shake them and found the equalizer shortly afterward, when Rhyan set up Pedro Morelli, who was unmarked inside the box. One-on-one with the goalkeeper, the youngster finished into the right corner to level the match.

The second goal came in the 23rd minute, when Rafael Luiz received a pass from a short corner and crossed to Pedro Morelli, who finished to put Timão ahead. Later, the opponent managed to equalize through Jonathan, taking advantage of a mistake by the Corinthians defense.

Near the end of the first half, the Filhos do Terrão went back in front through Guilherme Matheus with a shot from outside the box. Corinthians’ fourth goal came near the end of the second half. Pedro Morelli got past the Paulinense defenders and spotted Rhyan inside the area. The youngster fired a low shot across goal and sealed the match.

The Pré-Paulistão is a competition created by Paulista Cup and serves as preparation for teams registered with the São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) ahead of the start of the state championship in the category, which so far has already had two rounds played. Alvinegro, in fact, won both matches, against Terceiro Milênio and Juventus, by 5-0 and 3-0, respectively.

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