Corinthians attack off to a poor start in the Brasileirão | OneFootball

Corinthians is experiencing fluctuations at the start of the season. Despite having won the Brazilian Super Cup title, Timão fell to Novorizontino in the Paulistão and is not having a good start in the Brazilian Championship. One of the biggest negative points of Dorival Júnior's team is the offensive sector, which has scored only six times in seven games.

The low number of goals from Corinthians places Dorival Júnior's team with the second-worst attack in the tournament. Timão only surpasses Internacional and Red Bull Bragantino, who have scored five times.

One of the main reasons for Corinthians' lack of goals was the absence of striker Yuri Alberto. Between February 16 and March 19, the forward was injured, altering Timão's style of play.

Yuri, who is the team's top scorer this season with three goals, missed six games due to injury and saw a drop in Corinthians' offensive productivity. While he was on the field, Timão scored 16 times in 11 games. Without the forward, however, there were only four goals in six matches.

Poor Offensive Phase

And to worsen Corinthians' situation, without Yuri Alberto, the team's attack stopped scoring goals. Before Memphis's goal against Santos, only defenders Gabriel Paulista and Matheus Bidu, along with midfielder Breno Bidon, had scored for Timão.

Dorival Júnior tried to alternate between all possible options for the attack, such as Vitinho, Gui Negão, Pedro Raul, and Memphis himself, but was unsuccessful.

Now, with the return of Yuri Alberto, the tendency is for an improvement in the alvinegro attack. It is expected that against Flamengo, Timão's starting attacking trio will be on the field, with Yuri, Memphis, and Garro.

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