Vic Albuquerque: Corinthians’ ‘woeful’ Derby, urges team unity

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·7 décembre 2025

Vic Albuquerque: Corinthians’ ‘woeful’ Derby, urges team unity

By Henrique Pereira / Central do Timão Editorial Team

On the morning of this Sunday (7th), Corinthians faced Palmeiras at Arena Barueri, in the first leg of the Women's Paulista Championship final, and ended up defeated by a score of 5 x 1, with the only goal being an own goal by Pati Maldaner. After the match, midfielder Vic Albuquerque lamented the team's posture but pointed out that the team still has chances.

“We talked a lot about the strategy we came with for this game, it didn't work right from the start and we tried to change, but I think much more than strategy, our posture was very bad. We can't even apologize for what we did, but rather for what we didn't do, right? We didn't show what we have been demonstrating throughout the year, which is having grit, strength, and determination at least.”, said Vic Albuquerque in the mixed zone of the stadium.

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“Nothing worked, but we still believe, as long as we have the opportunity to honor our jersey, we will. And that's it, it's believing that we have another opportunity, if we didn't have it, okay, but we can reflect, take responsibility and try to overturn this score because we want to be champions.”, continued the number 17.

Vic Albuquerque also pointed out that the team's fatigue and the hot weather at the time of the match influenced the game, but noted that this cannot be an excuse for such a poor performance.

“Fatigue hits hard, right? Some players also with a very large accumulation, coming from the national team. And then, really, on the bus, it was already a bit strange, in the locker room we tried to energize each other a bit. Everything has influence, the heat has influence, but nothing is an excuse for the poor game we played today.”, she said.

Midfielder Vic Albuquerque also spoke about the impact of the score for the return match and also highlighted that the quality of the opponents makes a reaction difficult. Still, the player pointed out the need to reflect on the mistakes made and stated that the team must have internal motivation to seek a comeback.

“The score has an impact, there's no way to say it doesn't. We will have to work to score at least four goals against a team that is very strong, especially defensively, they are good defensively. We will have to come up with a very accurate game plan and launch into the attack, hoping that our defense will do well too, because I think we also had many defensive errors, there were many wrong decisions. It's all or nothing, now we have to go for them and try to win the game. As I said, we have to honor the jersey in any way and not do what we did today.”, she said.

“We have to reflect a lot on what we did wrong, on what we did right too, but the motivation has to be within us. I have a family, I have two nephews at home who cheer for me. I play and work at a club that believes in my potential, so I think we don't have to externalize our motivation, it has to be within us, we are here working because of that. So, if I still have to look for reasons to win a title, I'm in the wrong place.”, she added.

Finally, the number 17 commented on a statement by coach Lucas Piccinato, who during the post-game press conference stated that the responsibility for the defeat was his. Vic Albuquerque preferred to point out that the responsibility is everyone's, whether the team or the coaching staff.

“Man, he always does that, right? Even to us, in the locker room, he always says 'it's my fault, I made the mistake', and sometimes we even interrupt and say no, because we are the ones playing. It's not him, despite the decisions being his, when we win we don't say, 'we won', no, the group won and the staff also won, so why would it be different when we lose? I think he doesn't have full responsibility, much more than him, the responsibility is ours and we will take it.”, she concluded.

Now, the teams will face each other again only next Sunday (14th), at 10 am (Brasília time), for the return leg of the Women's Paulista final, with the location yet to be defined.

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