Flamengo become Corinthians striker's second favourite victims | OneFootball

On the evening of last Sunday (22), Corinthians hosted Flamengo at the Neo Química Arena, in a match valid for the eighth round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship, and ended up drawing 1-1. The result left the Alvinegro in 11th place with 10 points – two wins, four draws, and two losses – seven goals scored and seven conceded.

Corinthians’ goal was scored by striker Yuri Alberto, in the 20th minute of the first half. The goal came after a play built from the defensive field. Matheuzinho played the ball to Breno Bidon on the right, who spotted the Alvinegro’s number 9. He set it up for Memphis Depay, who switched play to Matheus Bidu on the left. The number 21 crossed for the center forward to score for the club from Parque São Jorge.

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In addition to being his first goal at Itaquera in 2026, the center forward made Flamengo his second biggest victim of his career. In total, he has scored seven goals against the Rio team, three of them when he played for Internacional in the 2021 season. On that occasion, he scored three of the four goals in the 4-0 victory for the team from Rio Grande do Sul over the Rubro-Negro at Maracanã.

The team Yuri Alberto has scored the most goals against in his career is Santos, who have conceded eight goals from the center forward. Right behind are, precisely, Flamengo, Atlético-GO, and São Paulo. For Corinthians, he has scored four goals against the Rio team. The first came in the second round of the 2022 Brasileirão, in a 2-1 victory at Maracanã.

The next one, in turn, came in the latter half of the Brasileirão, in a 2-1 defeat for the team at Itaquera. The third happened in this year’s Supercopa do Brasil final, at the Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasília, in a 2-0 win. The fourth and last came precisely on the night of last Sunday, in the 1-1 draw between the two teams.

The center forward was signed by Corinthians in mid-2022, initially coming on loan from Zenit, Russia. At the start of 2023, he was bought outright in a deal involving five players. Since then, he has accumulated 80 goals and 22 assists in 218 matches for the Alvinegro (186 as a starter) – 96 wins, 57 draws, and 65 losses.

In 2024, he was Brazil’s top scorer with 31 goals – 15 of them in the Brazilian Championship, where he was the top scorer. That year, he was fundamental in the team’s surge in the national competition (from the relegation zone to the Pre-Libertadores). Last year and at the start of 2026, he played a decisive role in winning the Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil, and Supercopa, against Palmeiras, Vasco da Gama, and Flamengo, respectively, scoring in all three finals.

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