Yuri Alberto scores, Corinthians held by Flamengo at home | OneFootball

Corinthians hosted Flamengo on Sunday night (22nd) at the Neo Química Arena, for the eighth round of the Brazilian Championship, and drew 1-1, with a goal from Yuri Alberto. With this result, the Alvinegro team reaches ten points and finishes the round in 11th place, with two wins, four draws, and two losses, as well as seven goals scored and seven conceded.

The Corinthians coaching staff could not count on the following players for the match: goalkeeper Felipe Longo (right elbow ligament strain), left-back Hugo Farias (recovering from surgery to repair a lateral meniscus injury in the right knee), midfielder Allan (on loan from Flamengo; the Alvinegro is not expected to pay the fee for the midfielder to play), attacking midfielder Jesse Lingard (awaiting registration with the BID), and forward Kaio César (perifibrotic inflammation in the area of the injury to the right hamstring, from which he recently recovered).

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Ag. Corinthians

Thus, coach Dorival Júnior fielded the following team to start the match: Hugo Souza; Matheuzinho, Gabriel Paulista, Gustavo Henrique, and Matheus Bidu; Raniele, André, André Carrillo, and Breno Bidon; Memphis Depay and Yuri Alberto.

The bench options were: Kauê, João Pedro, André Ramalho, Rodrigo Garro, Vitinho, Pedro Milans, Matheus Pereira, Fabrizio Angileri, Kayke, Charles, Zakaria Labyad, and Gui Negão.

Flamengo Lineup

Coach Leonardo Jardim fielded the Rio team with: Rossi; Varela, Danilo, Vitão, Alex Sandro, Evertton Araújo, Jorginho, Arrascaeta, Lucas Paquetá, Samuel Lino, and Pedro.

Refereeing

The referee was Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (PE), assisted by Bruno Boschilia (PR) and Francisco Chaves Bezerra Junior (PE). The fourth official and VAR were, respectively, Jonathan Benkenstein Pinheiro (RS) and Wagner Reway (SC).

First Half

Flamengo's goal: Just two minutes in, Hugo Souza made a mistake in playing out from the back. Jorginho recovered and passed to Pedro. The striker assisted Paquetá, who finished with no chance for the Corinthians goalkeeper.

At seven minutes, Paquetá exchanged passes with Pedro and played in Samuel Lino, who shot dangerously close to Hugo Souza's goal. Then, at 12 minutes, Yuri Alberto was sent through at speed on the right and played the ball into the box. Danilo made a poor clearance, and the ball went very close to Rossi's post.

Corinthians' goal: At 18 minutes, after a great dribble and pass from Memphis Depay to Matheus Bidu, the left-back crossed into the box and found Yuri Alberto. The number 9 for Timão just tapped it in, with no chance for Rossi.

Right after the equalizer, Memphis went down on the pitch and asked to be substituted after feeling pain in the front of his right thigh. At 23 minutes, after a play by Varela and Arrascaeta, the Uruguayan midfielder crossed to Pedro, who tried a volley but was disrupted by the Corinthians defense.

At 28 minutes, André carried the ball, dribbled past his marker, entered the box, and almost scored with a cross shot, but Vitão blocked to prevent it. At 30 minutes, Pedro received a pass from Alex Sandro, advanced into attack with passing options, but chose to shoot and missed badly.

At 36 minutes, Matheus Bidu made a good pass to Breno Bidon, who couldn't reach it. The midfielder would have been one-on-one with Rossi. At 48, Flamengo broke quickly with Danilo, who crossed into the box and found Arrascaeta, unmarked, who hit a beautiful volley, forcing Hugo Souza to make a great save.

There were no further dangerous moments and the teams went into halftime tied at 1-1.

Second Half

Right at the start of the second half, at seven minutes, in a challenge in Flamengo's attacking half, the referee saw a stamp by Evertton Araújo on Breno Bidon and decided to send off the Rio club's player. VAR called Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima for review, but the referee upheld the red card.

At 13 minutes, Arrascaeta took a diagonal free kick towards goal and Hugo Souza punched it away to clear the danger. At 19 minutes, Gabriel Paulista appeared at the edge of the box, set himself up, and tried a shot, but was blocked by Vitão.

At 22 minutes, Bidon sent the ball into the box and Danilo cleared it, but awkwardly. The ball almost went towards Rossi's goal and went out for a Corinthians corner. From the set piece, André got the rebound and, at the moment of shooting, fell and appealed for a penalty.

At 37 minutes, Lucas Paquetá received the ball on the right, cut inside, and tried a placed shot, but sent it wide of Hugo Souza's goal. At 40 minutes, Garro found Kayke inside the box with a beautiful pass, but the striker couldn't control it and wasted a good chance.

At 45 minutes, Flamengo had a dangerous free kick near the box, but De La Cruz took it poorly and sent it wide. At 49, Garro crossed into the box, Gustavo Henrique set it up in the middle, but Gui Negão missed and lost a golden chance to turn the game around. Right after, Yuri Alberto managed to recover and shot with his left foot, but was stopped by a great save from Rossi.

At 52 minutes, Matheus Bidu set it up nicely at the edge of the box after receiving a pass, but Matheus Pereira sent it well over Rossi's goal and wasted another great chance to turn the game around.

There was no time for anything else and Corinthians drew 1-1 with Flamengo.

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