Piccinato on Corinthians' Supercopa loss and attacking prowess

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·8 February 2026

Piccinato on Corinthians' Supercopa loss and attacking prowess

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

On the afternoon of last Saturday (7), Corinthians faced Palmeiras at Arena Barueri, in a match valid for the final of the Brazilian Women's Supercup, and ended up as runners-up after being defeated in the penalty shootout by 5 x 4 following a 1 x 1 draw in regular time. The Brabas' goal was scored by forward Jaqueline.

In an interview with the press in the mixed zone, moments after the final whistle, Lucas Piccinato, coach of the Brabas, gave his assessment of the match, highlighting the high number of chances created by Corinthians and the team's high-level collective performance. The coach also mentioned the upcoming start of the Women's Brasileirão, which kicks off on the 13th. The club from Parque São Jorge will debut against Atlético-MG at Arena MRV.

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“It's a painful result. I think that in these first three games of the season, the level of performance, in my opinion, was from average upwards, today we created many opportunities. Unfortunately, that's two runner-up finishes. Obviously, it weighs on us, it bothers us, but, again, it's up to us to change this situation. Work, understand that the Brazilian Championship will be the toughest ever. Flip the switch to do things differently moving forward,” he began.

Later, he was asked about how to improve the team's efficiency and commented on the daily finishing training sessions – a daily demand on the players: “Keep giving continuity and strength to the players, work and confidence. When you're at a good confidence level, you take advantage of the opportunities you have. Shooting on target, I think that's something we demand a lot. We missed some finishes today by shooting off target, if we hit the target, we force the goalkeeper to have a great day. So it's about continuing to work, continuing to improve day by day, and believing. I'm sure we'll bounce back again.”

Right after, the Brabas' coach answered whether the result in Palmeiras' favor was fair. Piccinato believes Corinthians had more chances created than their archrival, citing Jaqueline's shot straight at goalkeeper Tapia and Gabi Zanotti's header that hit the post – both in the first half. On the other hand, he lamented his team's inefficiency in the penalty shootout.

“I think, in terms of clear chances, we had good opportunities. Jaque finished one that Tapia saved, Zanotti missed a header that hit the post, Teles missed one right in front of the goal, Duda had a clear shot, Robledo missed one that I think was offside, but we had some opportunities. Palmeiras had theirs too. Brena missed one right in front of the goal, Zaneratto had a turn and shot.”

“But overall, I think we maybe had a little more. So there's this feeling that, if we had made it 2-0, if we had made it 2-1 at the start of the second half, maybe the story would have been different and settled in regular time, but we weren't efficient enough for that, we took it to penalties and weren't efficient there either. We missed three penalties and in a game like this, that costs a lot. There's a bitter feeling of not having managed to become champions”, he added.

The Corinthians Women's coach also analyzed the possibility of the team playing their home games in the Brazilian Championship at Neo Química Arena. It's worth remembering that Fazendinha has been banned from hosting night games since May last year due to structural problems with the lighting system: “I'm very happy. Neo Química is a place where we have a lot of success. I'm sure if this final had been at Neo Química, for example, the story would have been different, so I'm very happy to play more games there, I hope this comes true.”

Piccinato gave an assessment of the team's start to the season. The Brabas also ended up as runners-up in the Women's Club World Cup after being beaten by Arsenal in extra time, 3 x 2. In the semifinals, they had beaten Gotham FC 1 x 0.

“The glass half empty is that there are two runner-up finishes. That's the reality, it bothers us, and no one who wears this shirt is happy with this situation. Now, in terms of performance in the three matches, I think we had our chances to be world champions, to be Supercup champions, and we weren't efficient in doing so. That obviously bothers us. We need to work harder, demand more from ourselves so that we can have a year of rebirth just like last season.”

“It's sad that it's not even February 10 and we haven't achieved what we worked for, but only we can get out of this situation, with work. The Brazilian Championship is starting now and we're going to build our journey again to put ourselves in a Supercup and a World Cup in 2027, and only we can do that”, he concluded.

Check out below the other two answers from Lucas Piccinato:

Penalty missed by Jhonson

“She wasn't the only one who missed a penalty. Tamires missed, Zanotti missed, obviously she had the match point there to finish and win, but penalty shootouts are never the responsibility of just one or another. She's a young player who has already taken a decisive penalty and made us champions, and we trusted she could take it and score again. Unfortunately, she didn't hit it well this time, Tapia did well and saved it. Now it's about keeping a cool head, working, fighting for her spot, and in the future she'll have other opportunities, and I hope she has the courage, as she did, to take it again and change this story.”

Corinthians with less preparation time than Palmeiras for the Supercup final

“I think it makes things harder. That can't be used as an excuse, but obviously, we had a turbulent week. We arrived on Tuesday, got back together on Thursday, and only had two training sessions. I don't know why they couldn't schedule the game for Sunday, we would have had one more day, but it's CBF doing CBF things, which I can't understand. I don't know why not hold the game on a neutral field, like in the men's, we've talked about this… but all that isn't an excuse, it's about understanding that things could be better, and we could have had a good crowd in Manaus, in Aracaju, we could have had both sets of fans.”

“But CBF didn't want to and forced us to play a day earlier, we had one less day to work.But, again, that's not an excuse. We started the match well, we had our chances. We could have gone 2-0 up with the shot that hit the post. In the second half, we had two one-on-ones. At the end of the first half, we had one with Jaqueline that Tapia pulled off a miracle. We had our chances and weren't lucky. I think all this context around the match is part of it, but unfortunately, we couldn't be efficient in our finishing.”

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