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Corinthians closed 2020 with a golden key. This Sunday afternoon, Alvinegra’s team had another great performance and beat Botafogo by 2-0, at Nilton Santos, in Rio de Janeiro, in a match valid for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. Timão’s goals were scored by Cazares and Mateus Vital.
With the win, Vagner Mancini’s team reached 39 nine points and momentarily ranked eighth. Now, there are only two points of difference for archrival Palmeiras, the first team of the G6, a group that guarantees an indirect place in the next edition of Libertadores.
It should be remembered that this was the first time that Corinthians beat Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro since 2011. On that occasion, Tite’s team beat Cariocas 2-0, in a match marked by the fracture of goalkeeper Júlio’s finger. Cesar, who in the field.
It will take time, Faithful!
- Corinthians will have plenty of time to rest until the next appointment. The São Paulo team just returned to the field on January 13, at 9:30 p.m., against Fluminense, in Neo Química Arena, for Brasileirão.
From Walter to Jô: the Corinthians squad
Regarding the last appointment, Vagner Mancini made two changes between the starters: goalkeeper Walter and defender Jemerson entered the squares of Cássio, who is recovering from a shock to the head, and Bruno Méndez, sanctioned.
- Corinthians enters the field with Walter; Fagner, Jemerson, Gil and Fábio Santos; Gabriel and Ramiro; Gustavo Mosquito, Cazares and Otero; Jo.
My helm
Botafogo, for his part, began the meeting with Diego Cavalieri, Kevin, Marcelo Benevenuto, Kanu, Rafael Forster, Zé Welison, Caio Alexandre, Cícero, Victor Luis, Warley and Pedro Raul.
The game
First time
Corinthians and Botafogo had a highly studied and disputed start to the game. Not surprisingly, Vagner Mancini’s team took the time to bring danger to the opposing goal, despite controlling all the actions of the match.
At 16 minutes, Fagner received in the middle, adjusted and risked from distance. The ball was deflected in the middle of the road and almost complicated the life of goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri, who made the defense without much difficulty.
In the sequence, Mosquito dived deep, invaded the area and crossed, demanding another defense from the goalkeeper of the Rio de Janeiro national team. Faced with some pressure from Corinthians, the first goal of the match was not long in coming.
At 34, Cazares got the ball back and played for Jô. The 77 jersey cleared the mark and rolled toward Mosquito on the right side of the attack, which crossed into the area and saw Cazares rise higher than the rival defense to head hard towards the back of the goal.
Corinthians continued to pressure Botafogo after the first goal, but failed to extend the lead. Therefore, the initial stage ended with Timão’s partial victory 1-0.
Second time
Satisfied with what he saw in the first half, coach Vagner Mancini made no changes to his squad during the break and Corinthians returned to the second half with the same formation that started the game.
The Corinthian intensity followed the same. Timão dominated the beginning of the final stage and created opportunities to balance the networks. However, the Alvinegros sinned at the time of completion, just as they did in the last few games.
With that, Mancini made two changes to his team in the 24th minute. Midfielder Mateus Vital and forward Léo Natel entered the vacancies of Otero and Gustavo Mosquito, respectively.
Soon after, Léo Natel rolled towards Ramiro, who sent a bomb from a distance. The ball deflected, knocking Cavalieri off the play and exploding off the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Natel crossed for Jô to head into the penalty area and force a great defense from the Botafogo goalkeeper.
Then Lucas Piton and Xavier entered the places of Jô and Ramiro. Marllón also took the place of Ecuadorian Cazares, scorer of the black goal.
Before the final whistle, at 49, Mateus Vital received in the penalty area, made a beautiful individual play and sent the ball to the back of the net, sacramenting the victory of Corinthians in Rio de Janeiro. There are six undefeated games in the Brasileirão.
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