Corinthians crash out of Women's U20 Brasileirão on penalties to rivals | OneFootball

This Thursday, Corinthians were eliminated from the Brazilian Women’s U-20 Championship after being defeated by São Paulo. In regular time, the teams drew 2-2, but Timão were beaten 4-3 in the penalty shootout. The match took place at Gabriel Marques Silva Stadium, and both goals for the black-and-white side were scored by Dulce Maria.

Head coach Júlia Passero made just one change to the starting lineup compared to the first leg: Hariadni came in for Lara Mel. Corinthians therefore started the match with Ana Morganti; Rafa Rocha, Brunna Meer, Dany Pereira and Emelym; Gabi Pires, Hariadni, Gabi Jordi and Helô Camargo; Dulce Maria and Manu Olivan.

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Timão started better and took a 2-0 lead. Just four minutes in, Emelym delivered a free kick onto the head of Dulce Maria, who scored the first. In the 37th minute, Hariadni played a good pass to the No. 9, who beat her marker twice and finished with her left foot to extend the lead for the Brabinhas.

São Paulo responded before halftime. In the 41st minute, Julia Vaini tried her luck from outside the box and found the right corner of Ana Morganti’s goal to cut the deficit. Then, in the second half, in the 28th minute, Vitorinha curled a free kick into the top corner to level the match.

In the shootout, Ana Morganti saved Vitorinha’s penalty, but Gabi Pires missed right after. On Corinthians’ fifth kick, Dany Pereira hit the post, while Morganti then saved Nicole’s effort, taking the shootout to sudden death. After that, Hariadni failed to convert, and Micheli fired into the top corner to secure São Paulo’s qualification.

Now, the Brabinhas will have more than a month until their next official match, which will be their debut in the Paulista Women’s U-20 Championship. The competition is scheduled to begin on June 17, but the detailed fixture list has not yet been released by the São Paulo Football Federation.

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