Lucas Piccinato guides Corinthians to win over Realidade Jovem in Paulistão

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·18 November 2025

Lucas Piccinato guides Corinthians to win over Realidade Jovem in Paulistão

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

Corinthians faced Realidade Jovem last Sunday night (16th) at the Estádio Municipal José Liberatti in Osasco, for the 14th and final round of the first phase of the Paulista Women's Championship, and won by a score of 3-0. The goals for the Alvinegro were scored by Letícia Monteiro, Ivana Fuso, and Eudimilla.

The result ensured that the Brabas finished the first phase of the state championship at the top of the table with 35 points (11 wins, two draws, and one loss – 32 goals scored and six conceded). A day after the victory, Corinthians released behind-the-scenes footage of the match on their YouTube channel – Corinthians TV – showing the arrival of the players and coaching staff in a relaxed atmosphere. Afterwards, they began their warm-up preparations on the pitch.

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In the locker room huddle before heading to the pitch, coach Lucas Piccinato emphasized the importance of securing another win and finishing the first phase of the state championship with the biggest possible lead over Palmeiras, the runner-up, and consequently, entering the knockout stage with confidence.

“Technically, (the win) will make a difference for us to create even more chances here and settle the game. And now, I want to bring up one last point: since the start of the championship, we've been saying all along, ‘let's go for first place, let's go for first place,’ because first place doesn’t just give you the right to always play the final at home and keep racking up points: the final at home. If we win this game here, we stay five points ahead of second place, who are the only ones who could overtake us. If we make it to the final, we’ll get at least two more points, because you can’t get to the final without earning points, right? It’s impossible to get to the final. So, winning here today means no one can overtake us anymore,” he began.

Corinthians went into halftime leading 1-0 with a goal from midfielder Letícia Monteiro at the 25th minute of the first half. The Brabas controlled the match against Realidade Jovem but, at the same time, hadn’t created many clear goal-scoring chances against the opposing team. Because of this, Piccinato asked the players at halftime for more intensity to build a bigger lead and impose themselves more on their rivals.

“Technically, we’re not playing a good game. Physically, we need to at least battle. We can’t lose these midfield balls. When the ball travels here, we can’t lose it under any circumstances. We can’t not win, not secure it. I can’t predict mistakes. It seems like the team didn’t anticipate that things might not go perfectly. Then, we lose the ball and have to run back. Intensity can’t be lacking! You can lack whatever the hell, but you can’t lack intensity when it comes to defensive duels.”

“We have to do much better. The demands have to be much higher for us to leave here with an even better, more comfortable result and a performance up to what we know we can do: a much better performance, because the first half was horrible. You know that. So, come back different!,” he continued.

In the second half, Corinthians performed better and scored two more goals: with Ivana Fuso, right at the start of the second half, after midfielder Ju Passari won a challenge on the end line, and Eudimilla, in stoppage time, converting a penalty and sealing the score. With the result secured, the Alvinegro brought on some youth players to give them minutes and confidence.

Right after the end of the match, coach Lucas Piccinato spoke again and called for total focus on the two state semifinal matches. Corinthians will face São Paulo this Saturday (22nd), at 11 a.m. (Brasília time), away from home and will play the second leg at home – due to their better record – on December 4th (Thursday), at 9:30 p.m. The venues for the matches have not yet been defined.

“We have to go in with the best attitude, biting as hell, to play two huge semis. Not being Saturday and Sunday also really changes our week. If anyone has news, we’ll talk. But the mindset has to be different for us to finish these last four games of the year really well. Four games for us to win a title we didn’t get last year and that’s still stuck in our throats. Let it be a great derby and may we come out victorious like we did in the Brasileirão. Let’s work really hard for that. Keep your heads up and let’s have a great week, okay? Let’s go!” he concluded.

Defender Duda Mineira, 20 years old, a product of Corinthians’ youth academy who returned to action after some time off the field, also spoke to Corinthians TV: “The feeling is wonderful, being with the girls every day training out on the fields, at the training center, and today being able to be among them and start as a starter. A dream that five years ago I didn’t think could happen so quickly. It’s truly gratifying to have Erika by my side, one of the experienced players, (Letícia) Teles, Kemelli too, and it’s so good to be Corinthians. It’s so good to debut, it’s so good to be here feeling this energy and that’s it. Go Corinthians!” she said.

Forward Ivana Fuso also spoke about the importance of the young players, like full-back Rafa Rocha, coming into the match. Along with her, defender Duda Mineira and midfielder Manu Olivan, also from the youth academy, started the match as starters.

“It was very important to gain more confidence to score goals. Of course, we could have scored more goals to gain even more confidence for the semifinal, but the pitch didn’t help much, so I think we played a good game. I’m also happy that BH (Duda Mineira) and Rafaela could play their game here in the professional team. They’re both from the youth academy, so I’m very happy for them too. And that’s it, now it’s total focus on the semifinal. Now let’s go!” she commented.

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