Defeat sees Corinthians match defensive record for fifth time this season | OneFootball

Corinthians visited Cruzeiro last Sunday night (23), at Mineirão Stadium, in a match valid for the 35th round of the Brazilian Championship and was defeated by a score of 3-0. With this result, the Alvinegro stagnated in the tenth position with 45 points (12 wins, nine draws, and 14 losses – 38 goals scored and 42 conceded).

Moreover, the defeat marked the fifth time this season that Corinthians lost a match conceding three or more goals. The first two occurred when the Argentine Ramón Díaz was still in charge of the team: 3-1 to São Paulo, at Morumbi, during the group stage of the Paulista Championship, and 3-0 to Barcelona-EQU, in the first leg of the third phase of the Libertadores.

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The third time with three or more goals happened at the end of April, when Orlando Ribeiro, as an interim, led Corinthians in a 4-0 defeat against Flamengo, at Maracanã, during the sixth round of the Brazilian Championship. The last two occurred in October and November, already under the command of Dorival Júnior – who debuted on April 30 – against Santos and Cruzeiro, with scores of 3-1 and 3-0, both away from home, in the 28th and 35th rounds of the national tournament.

Since his arrival, this was the worst defeat suffered by Dorival Júnior at Corinthians – the first with a three-goal difference. In total, there are 16 wins, nine draws, and 11 losses – 38 goals scored and 31 conceded – 53% success rate. Now, the Alvinegro will have a week of training before facing Botafogo next Sunday (30), at 4 pm (Brasília time), in Itaquera, for the 36th round of the Brasileirão.

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