Brasileirão U20: Ten-man Corinthians held by RB Bragantino | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Thursday (28), Corinthians visited Red Bull Bragantino at the CPD in Atibaia, in a match valid for the 14th round of the classification stage of the 2026 Brazilian Under-20 Championship, and ended up drawing 3-3. Timão’s goals were scored by Luiz Fernando ‘Luizinho’ (9’ 1st half), Iago Machado (41’ 1st half), and Cauã Ribeiro (48’ 1st half). With the result, the Corinthians side remained in 11th place with 19 points collected — five wins, four draws, and five losses — 19 goals scored and 18 conceded. Only the top eight teams qualify for the knockout stage. The bottom three are relegated to the Brasileirão Série B of the category.

Coach William Batista named the following lineup to start the match: Matheus Corrêa; Vitinho Dourado (Cauã Ribeiro), Iago Machado, Lorenzo and Joãozinho (Christian); Pedro Thomas, Caraguá, Luiz Gustavo Bahia (Levy Dias) and Luiz Eduardo (Gustavo Corrêa); Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’ (Gui Amorim) and Luiz Fernando ‘Luizinho’ (Guilherme Pires).

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

The substitutes available were: Nicollas Siqueira; Pedro Paulo, Cauã Ribeiro, Christian Oliveira, Guilherme Pires, Jonathan, Gustavo Corrêa, Lucca Vaz, Levy Dias, Cristian Júnior, Wilker and Gui Amorim. The opponent took the field with: João Madeira; Marquinhos, Talles, Weimar Palacios and Victor Gabriel; Chrystian, Lima and Yuri Leles; Yuri Alves, Filipinho and Jhuan Neves.

How the match went

The first half between Corinthians and RB Bragantino saw the Corinthians team take advantage of the opponent’s main weaknesses and build a 2-0 lead, with goals from forward Luiz Fernando and center-back Iago Machado in the ninth and 41st minutes of the first half. The winger found the net after pouncing on a rebound inside the box. The defender, in turn, scored with a header after a free-kick delivery from midfielder Luiz Gustavo Bahia.

The second half saw Massa Bruta apply pressure, especially after defensive midfielder Caraguá was sent off in the opening moments. Down a man, Timãozinho tried to hold on to the lead, but conceded the equalizer after a sequence of miracle saves by goalkeeper Matheus Corrêa. In stoppage time, Alvinegro even went back in front through Cauã Ribeiro, but conceded the equalizer right after with a handball goal scored by Vinicius Oliveira, which was allowed by the refereeing team.

Next match

After facing RB Bragantino away from home in the Brasileirão Under-20, Corinthians now turns its attention to its debut in the Paulista Championship of the category. The Sons of Terrão will face Mirassol away from home next Friday (5), at 3 p.m. (Brasília time).

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