Injury-hit Corinthians lose to Fortaleza in Brasileirão U20 | OneFootball

By Henrique Vigliotti/Central do Timão Editorial Team

On the afternoon of this Wednesday (1), Corinthians faced Fortaleza at Fazendinha in a match valid for the fourth round of the first phase of the Brazilian Under-20 Championship and was defeated 1-0. With the result, Alvinegro remained in third place in the national tournament with seven points — two wins, one loss and one draw — nine goals scored and four conceded.

Coach William Batista named the following lineup to start the match: Pietro; Joao Vitor Jacaré, Lorenzo Corrêa, Iago Machado, Pires (Joãozinho); Caraguá, Bahia, Gui Amorim, Nicollas; Luiz Fabio Favela and Luizinho.

Photo: Henrique Vigliotti/Ag. Corinthians

Fortaleza lineup

Fred Guedes lined up Fortaleza with: César; Rafael, William Maguiezi, Matheus and Arthur; Kauan, Fabinho and Éden; Juan Fidélis, Emmanuel and Pinna.

Officiating:

The referee will be Renan Pantoja de Quequi, assisted by Raphael de Albuquerque Lima and Flávia Sobrinho Nascimento. Leonardo Delfino de Abreu will be responsible for the role of fourth official. It is worth noting that the competition does not use VAR.

Next Match:

Corinthians returns to the field against Botafogo on the 7th at Nilton Santos Stadium in a clash for the fifth round of the Brasileirão.

First Half

During the first half, the game was constantly stopped by referee Renan Pantoja, with the most notable incident being midfielder Caraguá nearly being sent off after a high challenge.

Two moments stood out in the first half. First, midfielder Gui Amorim suffered an injury and left feeling pain in his right knee. Still in the first half, Bahia also felt pain in his lower back and remained on the field until the end of the half so as not to use another stoppage for substitutions.

Second half

In the second half, without the injured Gui Amorim, Caraguá and Bahia, Corinthians continued to struggle to break through Fortaleza’s defense, which put up a wall and managed to block almost all of Timão’s attempts in the match.

In the air, Timão tried to threaten with a header from center-back Iago Machado that went just past Fortaleza’s left post, creating danger for the opposing goal. Despite the few scares in the game, in Leão do Pici’s first dangerous attack of the match, goalkeeper Pietro made a great save, but on the rebound the ball fell to the right and, from the loose ball, number 22 Caio Wesley hit a volley and scored the goal that handed Timão its first defeat in the national tournament.

Nicollas even tried to respond with a long-range shot, but goalkeeper César made the save. In stoppage time, center-back Lorenzo rose well and headed a low ball off the post. Still in the late blitz in search of an equalizer, Christian Oliveira shot from outside the box and rattled the crossbar, unable to prevent the defeat.

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