Corinthians midfielder on win over Grêmio in Women's Brasileirão | OneFootball

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Newsroom

Late this Friday afternoon (1), Corinthians traveled to Passo D’Areia Stadium to face Grêmio in the ninth round of the first stage of the 2026 Brazilian Women’s Championship and defeated the opponent 2-0. Thaís Ferreira and Ivana Fuso scored the goals for the Brabas in the first and second halves, respectively.

The win allowed the Corinthians side to extend its lead at the top of the national competition with 22 points — seven wins, one draw, and one loss — with 23 goals scored and eight conceded. Right after the final whistle, midfielder Andressa Alves, who was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes, gave an interview to SporTV and analyzed the victory, celebrating the start of Emily Lima’s work in charge of the team.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

“It was very difficult to play today with the rain, but I think we showed a lot of grit and, in the chances we had, we did what was most important: win today to keep moving forward on our path, improving game by game, and this one was very important. Certainly not, there’s always room to improve.”

“Emily (Lima) demands a lot from us. We’ve been improving day after day. She’s an excellent coach. She really pushes us so that we’re always at our best. And we’re happy to be winning and achieving not only victories, but also playing well. And when we can’t play that well because of the pitch, we keep winning anyway,” she said.

The Brabas’ number 8 is the team’s top provider in the 2026 season, with eight assists. A Corinthians fan at heart and signed at the start of 2025, Andressa Alves has nine goals and 18 assists in 53 matches wearing the Corinthians shirt (42 as a starter), with 33 wins, 14 draws, and six losses — a 71.06% success rate.

The club from Parque São Jorge claimed its sixth straight win in the national competition: América-MG (H – 4 x 0), Botafogo (A – 1 x 3), Red Bull Bragantino (H – 5 x 1), Juventude (A – 0 x 1), Ferroviária (H – 3 x 1), and Grêmio (A – 0 x 2). Timão will now return to the pitch next Thursday (7), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Alfredo Schürig Stadium, Fazendinha, for the opening match of the first stage of the 2026 Campeonato Paulista Feminino.

Four days later, the teams will face each other again on the 11th, this time in the tenth round of the first stage of the Brazilian Women’s Championship, at the same time and venue as the state competition match.

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