Piccinato’s Corinthians suffer third straight runners-up finish | OneFootball

After winning the Brazilian Championship last year, Corinthians led by Lucas Piccinato is not experiencing its best moment. Despite the recent national title, the Brabas have accumulated three consecutive runner-up finishes: the Paulista Championship, the Club World Cup, and the Women's Supercup.

In the last decade, Corinthians has amassed 22 titles, including two triple crowns (2021 and 2024) and a quadruple crown in 2023. The club has established a hegemony in Brazilian football, standing alone as the greatest champion of the Libertadores, Brasileirão, and Supercup.

Since the departure of Arthur Elias, the coach responsible for a large part of these achievements, Lucas Piccinato took over and initially maintained the team's dominance.

In 2024, his debut season, Corinthians won the Supercup, the Brasileirão, and the Libertadores. The following year, they repeated the national league and continental tournament titles but saw the team suffer its third consecutive runner-up finish for the first time in its history.

Despite remaining one of the country's powerhouses, Corinthians will face the challenge of competing against increasingly strong opponents in women's football, such as Palmeiras – their nemesis in the Paulista and Supercup – and teams like Cruzeiro, São Paulo, and Ferroviária, who are frequent in the decisive phases.

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