Midfielder bags brace as Corinthians beat Vitória in U17 opener | OneFootball

Corinthians opened their Under-17 Brazilian Championship campaign with a win, beating Vitória 2-0 on Friday afternoon at CT Manoel Barradas. The standout player of the match was Lucca Caramico, who scored both goals for Timãozinho in the opening round of the competition.

For the clash in Salvador, coach Guilherme Nascimento sent out the following lineup: Gustavo Milani; Kevin Fernando, Estevão Balarin, Ronaldo Henrique and Wendel; Ji-Paraná, Lucca Caramico and Léo Amistá; Matheus Rocha, Léo Rodrigues and Miguel Moscardo.

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As options on the bench, Corinthians had Rafael Alencar, Brenno Augusto, Nathan William, Rafael Guarnieri, Gustavo Sales, Rhyan, Jerry, Thiago Coelho and Gabriel Cordeiro.

On the other side, Vitória started the match with Pedro Henrique; Dátalo, Geovane Pedro, Victor José and Cauan Henrique; Luiz Guilherme, Luis Gustavo and Guilherme de Almeida; Jorge, Ygor Luan and Robert.

Timãozinho showed superiority from the opening minutes and controlled the action throughout the first half. Taking advantage of a mistake in the Bahia side’s build-up, Lucca Caramico opened the scoring and, just before halftime, found the net again to extend Corinthians’ lead.

Even though they tried to respond at times, Vitória struggled to consistently threaten the black-and-white defense, which managed to take its two-goal advantage into halftime without any major scares.

In the second half, the home side put on more pressure in search of a comeback. Even so, Corinthians relied on a great performance from goalkeeper Gustavo Milani, who was decisive with important saves throughout the second half.

The São Paulo club also managed to create good attacking chances, especially from a header by Thiago Coelho that went very close to the target. In the final minutes, Timão calmly managed the result and secured the away win.

Now, Corinthians turn their attention to the derby against São Paulo, scheduled for this Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Fazendinha, for the second round of the Under-17 Brasileirão.

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