São Paulo beat Corinthians in style, reach Copa do Brasil semi-finals | OneFootball

São Paulo qualified for the semifinals of the Women's Copa do Brasil this Wednesday by winning the derby against Corinthians 3-1 at the Municipal Prefeito Gabriel Marques da Silva Stadium in Santana de Parnaíba. Camilinha, with a beautiful free-kick goal, Carol Gil, and Isa found the net for Tricolor. Vic Albuquerque scored the only goal for Timão.

Now São Paulo awaits the draw to find out who their opponent will be in the next stage of the Women's Copa do Brasil. Besides Tricolor, Bahia is already through, having eliminated Red Bull Bragantino this Wednesday on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The other two matchups take place this Thursday: Inter vs. Ferroviária and Palmeiras vs. Sport.

The match

The first half was very lively, with clear chances for both sides, but the goals only came shortly before halftime. São Paulo opened the scoring at the 42nd minute with a beautiful free kick from Camilinha, who struck with finesse over the wall, hitting the top corner with no chance for the Corinthians goalkeeper.

Corinthians, however, did not let up and managed to equalize in stoppage time of the first half, more precisely at the 47th minute, with Vic Albuquerque. Jhonson delivered a low cross and Timão's number 17 slid in to send the ball into the back of the net.

In the second half, the São Paulo players returned to the pitch determined to retake the lead and needed just five minutes to do so. After a corner kick, the ball fell to Carol Gil's feet inside the six-yard box, taking advantage of a mistake by the Corinthians goalkeeper, who tried to clear the danger but missed, and Carol only had to tap it into the back of the net.

From then on, Corinthians tried everything to find another equalizer and put pressure on São Paulo in the final stretch. Tricolor, in turn, waited for the right moment to launch some counterattacks, and it was precisely on one of these that they sealed the match. Isa received a through ball, went one-on-one with the goalkeeper, and slotted it into the corner, securing qualification for the semifinals of the Women's Copa do Brasil.

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