Corinthians beat UDA, keep perfect U17 Women's Brasileirão record | OneFootball

Corinthians continue their perfect campaign in the Brazilian Women’s Under-17 Championship. On Saturday afternoon (20), the Brabinhas defeated União Desportiva Alagoana (UDA) 3-2 at Ferreirão, in São Miguel dos Campos, in the fourth round of the first phase of the national competition.

Corinthians’ goals were scored by Pietra, Lara Mel, and Mariela, while the Alagoas side found the net twice from set pieces. With the result, Timão reached 12 points and remain alone at the top of Group A, with four wins in four matches played.

Photo: Everton Mendes/Corinthians

Corinthians lineup

Coach Igor Freire started the match with the following lineup: Nathalia; Larissa, Elohá, Isa Soares, Natália Pereira, Glória, Gimenez, Pietra, Kay, Lara Mel, and Julia Romero.

Available on the bench were: Carol, Anna, Ju Pais, Grazielly, Letícia, Sophia, Ariadni, Clara Isabella, Mariela, Kath, and Lara Raquele.

The match

First half

Corinthians needed only three minutes to open the scoring. After a mistake by UDA’s defense while playing out from the back, Pietra took advantage of a cross received inside the box and finished to put the Brabinhas ahead.

The black-and-white side kept control of the match and doubled the lead in the 14th minute. Glória won the ball back in midfield and burst forward before finding Lara Mel, who completed the move and scored Corinthians’ second goal.

UDA tried to respond on the counterattack and managed to threaten at times, but goalkeeper Nathalia prevented any greater danger. In the 39th minute, however, the home side pulled one back from a corner kick. Maíra Cauane got on the end of the ball played into the area and scored for the Alagoas team.

Before halftime, Corinthians still had a chance to extend the lead again, but Isa Soares’ corner kick went close to Kay and out over the end line. The teams went into the break with the Brabinhas leading 2-1.

Second half

At the start of the second half, Igor Freire made three changes, bringing on Ariadni, Kath, and Sophia in place of Natália Pereira, Glória, and Gimenez.

Corinthians kept looking to attack, but found a more balanced game. In the 14th minute, Julia Romero left the field for Mariela, who would later prove decisive to the result.

In the 22nd minute, Mariela was involved in a good move down the right and found Kath, who crossed into the box for Lara Mel. The forward was unable to finish accurately, and the UDA defense cleared the danger.

Shortly afterward, Lara Mel was replaced by Grazielly. In the 35th minute, Mariela appeared again and scored Corinthians’ third goal. After exchanging passes with Elohá, the forward received the ball inside the area and finished to extend the Brabinhas’ lead.

UDA still managed to pull one back again in the 37th minute, from another corner kick. Maíra Cauane took advantage of the cross and scored the home side’s second goal.

In the final minutes, Corinthians had chances to score a fourth goal. In the 48th minute, Grazielly got on the end of a cross from Ariadni and came close to finding the net, but her shot went just wide of the post.

After 52 minutes of the second half, the referee blew the final whistle and confirmed Corinthians’ 3-2 victory.

Next match

With four wins in four games, Corinthians return to the field in the Brazilian Women’s Under-17 Championship next Sunday (28), at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), against Mixto. The match will be played at Almeidão Stadium, in Paraíba, in the fifth round of the first phase.

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