Corinthians midfielder on Santos draw at Fazendinha in Women’s Paulistão | OneFootball

Corinthians hosted Santos on Thursday night (21) at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, Fazendinha, for the third round of the 2026 Paulista Women’s Championship qualifying stage, and drew 2-2. The goals for the Brabas were scored by center-back Erika and midfielder Gabi Zanotti. With the result, the Corinthians side now has four points in the state competition standings — nine goals scored and four conceded.

In an interview with Cazé TV, moments after the final whistle, midfielder Gabi Zanotti, the Brabas’ top scorer this season with 10 goals, assessed the draw against the team from the Baixada Santista and lamented the team’s lack of focus while leading on the scoreboard: “Without a doubt, it’s a frustrating result. I think we’ve been too inconsistent in both halves of the match, and we can’t lose that control. Before we conceded, I think about two minutes before we conceded, I managed to tell some of the girls that we couldn’t go looking for the third and end up conceding the second, conceding the equalizer. That’s exactly what happened.”

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She went on to say that the team’s collective inconsistency was due to the recent coaching change, while still expressing her frustration with the result: “So I think this inconsistency, I understand that it’s still normal with changes, with adaptation. I think we’ve been improving with each match, but we have to know how to control the game, not want it at all costs, throw ourselves forward, go for the third goal and concede the second and the equalizer. It was a very frustrating result. At home, we have to get the result.”

Later, Zanotti detailed the strategy of Emily Lima’s team and said the opponent’s game plan was very clear: “Santos had a very clear approach, looking to exploit counterattacks, and we needed to control the match better. We had already turned it around to 2-1; that doesn’t mean sitting on the result, but we do have to manage it. And at times, we were putting more players in the attacking half and leaving ourselves too exposed defensively, and that ended up allowing them to get the equalizer. I think we need to be less inconsistent during the match, try to understand each other better, and it would have been important for us to get the three points here at home today.”

Now, after stumbling against Santos FC at Fazendinha in the Paulista Women’s Championship, Corinthians turn their focus back to the women’s Brasileirão. Next Monday (25), the Brabas will host Mixto, also at Parque São Jorge, in a match valid for the 12th round of the first stage of the national competition. At the moment, Timão lead the tournament with 25 points — eight wins, one draw, and two losses — with 27 goals scored and 12 conceded.

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