Corinthians nick late home win over Vitória through Luizinho, U20 | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Wednesday (17), Corinthians hosted Vitória at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, Fazendinha, in a match valid for the 16th round of the first qualifying phase of the 2026 Brazilian Under-20 Championship, and won 2-1. Alvinegro’s goals were scored by defensive midfielder Luiz Gustavo Bahia and forward Luiz Fernando “Luizinho.” With the result, Timão jumps to eighth place with 25 points — seven wins, four draws, and five losses — with 27 goals scored and 21 conceded. Only the top eight advance to the knockout stage.

Head coach William Batista chose to start the match with: Matheus Corrêa; Guilherme Pellegrin (Pedro Thomas), Yago Melo, Lorenzo (Levy Dias) and Joãozinho; Luiz Gustavo Bahia, Luiz Eduardo (Caraguá) and Gui Amorim (Christian Oliveira); Gustavo Corrêa (Guilherme Pires), Luiz Fernando “Luizinho” and Luiz Fábio “Favela” (Nicolas Araújo).

Photo: Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão

The bench options were: Nikão, Pedro Thomas, Cauã Ribeiro, Caraguá, Levy Dias, Dodô, Guilherme Pires, Lucca Vaz, Christian Oliveira, Cristian, Wilker, Nicolas Araújo.

Vitória lineup

Head coach Mário Freira named the following starting lineup: Davi; Gean, Kauan, Cauan Farias, Wanderson, Nico, Juninho, Hiago, Alerrandro, João Pedro, Lohan.

The substitutes were: Ezequiel, Emerson Buiu, Guilherme Inácio, Ivan Henrique, Kauan Vitor, Aucélio, Eliando, Hiago dos Santos and Ruan Gabriel.

Refereeing

The referee was Guilherme Francisco Maciel da Silva e Rosario, assisted by Bruno Silva de Jesus and Diego Morelli de Oliveira. The fourth official was Fagson Júnior dos Santos Silva.

Next fixture

After facing Vitória at home in the Brazilian Under-20 Championship, Corinthians will keep their focus on the national competition. Next Saturday (20), they will face Cruzeiro at CT Toca da Raposa, away from home, in the 17th round of the tournament’s first phase.

First half

The opening minutes of the match between Corinthians and Vitória saw the northeastern side kick off looking to push forward, while Timãozinho pressed hard. After 40 seconds, Yago Melo shielded the ball out over the byline after an attempted through attack down the left. Two minutes in, Vitória won a free kick from the left side of midfield, and the Corinthians defense cleared it.

From the loose ball, the northeastern side threatened down the left side of the attack, but Yago Melo cleared it away. Alvinegro responded with a counterattack. Luiz Fábio was released in behind by Gui Amorim. The No. 9 found Luizinho free on the left, the No. 11 went one-on-one with the goalkeeper and wasted the chance!

Six minutes into the match, Vitória tried another attack, this time down the left, but the Corinthians defense cleared it with Bahia and Joãozinho inside the penalty area. Shortly after, down the right, the visitors reached the byline, crossed, and Joãozinho turned it out for a corner with good cover. From the set piece, Corinthians’ defensive system cleared a dangerous near-post cross.

By the 10th minute, the club from Parque São Jorge began to breathe a little more and started exchanging more passes, still in their own half, looking to break Vitória’s marking. A minute later, Vitória, on the right side, tried to slip in a through ball, and once again Yago Melo appeared to cover and send it out for a throw-in.

At 12 minutes, Corinthians had their second chance of the game. In a move built from midfield, Luizinho cut inside and got the ball back on the left. The No. 11 spotted Gui Amorim free at the edge of the box, but the midfielder’s shot took a deflection and went out for a corner. From the corner, Gustavo Corrêa shot wide. Two minutes later, Bahia played Favela through, the No. 9 drove forward, beat his marker, and had his shot blocked.

On the rebound, Bahia was hit hard in midfield and the foul was given! On a rehearsed play, Joãozinho ended up crossing straight into the opposing goalkeeper’s hands. Right after that, after a long ball from Vitória, Matheus Corrêa came off his line and cleared the danger with a big kick. At 17 minutes, Luiz Eduardo misplayed a switch of play down the left and sent it straight out for a throw-in.

Then Corinthians won the ball back in their own half, and Bahia tried to find Luizinho in behind, but the pass was intercepted! At 20 minutes, penalty for Timão! Luiz Fábio was played in behind the defense and was brought down inside the box! From the spot, he sent the goalkeeper the wrong way and fired low across him into the right corner! Corinthians 1-0!

After conceding, Vitória pushed into the attacking half and started pressuring Timãozinho. On an attack down the left near the byline, Yago Melo blocked another cross. From the corner, Matheus Corrêa came badly off his line, and the northeastern side, on the rebound, shot wide! At 26 minutes, Luiz Eduardo committed a foul in the right side of midfield.

From the free kick, Vitória’s right-back sent it straight out on the opposite touchline. At 28, the northeastern side attacked down the right and won a corner. On the rehearsed delivery, the visitors failed to create danger. At 30 minutes, goalkeeper Matheus Corrêa received a back pass and played it out poorly. With the chance gifted to them, Vitória’s midfielder shot wide.

At 31, Vitória had another move in the attacking third and Bahia committed a foul at the edge of the box. From the set piece, after a deflection, Matheus Corrêa gathered it safely. Immediately after, the Sons of Terrão launched a counterattack through the middle. Gui Amorim sent Favela through, the No. 9 drove forward and spotted Luizinho free near the area. The No. 11 laid it off to Luiz Eduardo, who was dispossessed.

At 34 minutes, Vitória threatened after a one-two between two players, but Lorenzo stepped in to intercept the pass. On the rebound, the opposing No. 2 crossed, and once again Lorenzo cleared. On another move from the loose ball, Matheus Corrêa held onto a shot from the edge of the area. At 38 minutes, the northeastern side, on a right-sided attack, had their No. 10 shoot straight into Matheus Corrêa’s hands.

In the following minute, the opposing No. 10 once again took on Pellegrin, shifted onto his left foot, and Matheus Corrêa made the save. At 42 minutes, Timãozinho got forward again down the right. Luiz Eduardo, Gustavo Corrêa, and Bahia exchanged passes until the ball reached Pellegrin on the right. The No. 2 crossed and the opposing full-back cleared it for a corner. The ball would have fallen kindly for midfielder Gui Amorim.

From the corner, Timãozinho’s No. 10 swung it toward Luiz Fábio and Vitória’s defense cleared. Right after that, the northeastern side launched a counter through the middle and equalized with their No. 9, who finished into the corner to beat Matheus Corrêa. Score: Corinthians 1-1 Vitória. At 45 minutes, Vitória attacked again down the left and, after a waist-high cross, Matheus Corrêa came off his line and caught the ball. Then the first half came to an end. 1-1.

Second half

To start the second half, head coach William Batista brought on Guilherme Pires in place of forward Gustavo Corrêa. The opening moments of the second half between Corinthians and Vitória saw the home side looking more toward attack and pressing the northeastern team’s buildup.

In the first minute of the second half, Vitória launched a counterattack down the right and, upon reaching the byline, the opposing player crossed and Lorenzo cleared for a corner. On the near-post delivery, the opposing player shot well wide. Two minutes in, Timãozinho started a move from the back with Yago Melo. Luiz Fernando cut inside and spotted Joãozinho open on the left. The No. 6 crossed and the ball ended up skipping past Luiz Fábio. From the loose ball after the cross, Luizinho hit a firm shot over the bar!

At five minutes, Timãozinho won the ball back high up through Luizinho. The No. 11, on the right wing, made a good individual play and hit a left-footed shot off the crossbar. The shot also took a deflection off the opposing defender! Eight minutes into the second half, the Sons of Terrão controlled the match through possession, but struggled to break through the opponent’s marking, especially in the attacking third.

At nine minutes, after a through ball, Vitória nearly turned the game around. Matheus Corrêa cleared poorly while covering, and from midfield the opponent shot, with the ball striking the back of Timão’s goalkeeper. From the resulting corner, Timão’s defense cleared the danger. The northeastern side kept up the attacking pressure until Favela won the ball at the back and misplaced a pass while trying to launch a counterattack down the right.

At 12 minutes, Pellegrin won the ball on the touchline and passed to Luiz Fernando, who released Favela in behind with an outside-of-the-foot pass. The No. 9 took on his marker and misplayed a pass inside the area while trying to find Gui Amorim, who was free. Vitória’s defense intercepted and the ball ended up in the rival keeper’s hands.

At 13, Pellegrin committed a foul in Vitória’s attacking left midfield. Their No. 10 took it, and Timão’s defense cleared. On the rebound, Vitória kept pushing and Matheus Corrêa made a huge save inside the six-yard box. From the corner, Matheus Corrêa came off his line and caught it. Right after, Alvinegro had a counterattack down the right with Favela and Luiz Fernando, both got into the penalty area and were dispossessed. On the rebound, Pires shot, with a deflection, straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.

At 17 minutes, Vitória threatened after a move down the right from a set-piece situation. However, the finish after a cross from the left went astray. Two minutes later, Timão made two more changes: Luiz Eduardo and Favela went off for Caraguá and Nicolas Araújo, respectively.

On the next play, Pires was played in on the right byline, crossed toward Nicolas Araújo, but Vitória’s goalkeeper punched it away. Right after, Araújo found himself one-on-one on the left and had his shot blocked by the northeastern side’s defense. The ball ended up in the keeper’s hands. At 21, Caraguá, free in the middle, passed to Gui Amorim, whose weak shot went straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.

At 22 minutes, Vitória had a free kick from midfield and, after a rehearsed play, the opposing No. 10 shot straight wide. Then Vitória tried a counterattack with a long kick from the goalkeeper, but the ball went straight out for a throw-in. At 25, Yago Melo did well in cover after a ball was played down the left toward Vitória’s No. 10. He cleared it out for a throw-in.

At 29 minutes, Corinthians tried to build an attack down the right, but Vitória’s defense cleared it for a corner. From the corner, the northeastern side cleared the danger. Right after that, Pellegrin made way for Pedro Thomas. Two minutes later, after an attacking move down the left, Timão won a corner on the right. From the set piece, Joãozinho sent it straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.

The keeper immediately launched a long ball toward the attack, but Pedro Thomas came across in cover. At 33, Matheus Corrêa anticipated the play and came off his line after Vitória’s No. 10 was played in behind the defense. Two minutes later, the Sons of Terrão strung together a move through the middle and Bahia hit a firm shot straight at Vitória’s goalkeeper.

At 37 minutes, Vitória launched a counterattack through the middle and, after the ball was played left to the opposing No. 6, Yago Melo cleared the cross out for a corner. From the corner, Yago again cleared the danger. Right after, Luizinho was sent through and, when one-on-one with the goalkeeper, tried to dink it and failed.

At 40, Timão tried a counterattack with Luizinho and Guilherme Pires after a long ball, but Vitória’s defense cleared. Two minutes later, Timão’s second goal! After a cross from the left, Luizinho picked up the loose ball and fired a firm shot across goal into the back of the net! Corinthians 2-1 Vitória!

Right after that, Timão made two more changes: Lorenzo and Gui Amorim left the field for Levy Dias and Christian Oliveira, respectively. When the clock hit 45 minutes, five more were added. The opponents even tried to press, but Alvinegro withstood the pressure and, with firm marking, secured the win! At 50, full-time! Corinthians 2-1 Vitória!

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