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Corinthians ends 2020 on the rise. After a turbulent start to the year with Tiago Nunes and Coelho, the club is in a good stage with Vagner Mancini. This afternoon (27), Alvinegro from São Paulo beat Botafogo by 2 to 0, at the Estádio Nilton Santos (RJ), and achieved the third consecutive victory in the Brazilian Championship. Disenchanted, Cazares did the first thing for Timão, and Mateus Vital closed the account in the match on matchday 27.
With the result, Corinthians begins to look at the G6 of Brasileirão, which leads to the preliminary phase of the Libertadores. Timão has 39 points, two less than Palmeiras, sixth with 41, who still plays today. Botafogo remains in a desperate situation. There are 23 points in position 19. Goiás surpasses Glorioso in number of victories (5 to 4).
The Alvinegros clubs are back on the field now in 2021. Botafogo host Athletico Paranaense, again in Engenhão, on January 6. Corinthians would play on the same date, but due to conflict with the Copa Libertadores semifinal, the classic against Palmeiras went to 18 (a Monday). Thus, Timão’s first bet this year will be with Fluminense, on the 13th, at Neo Química Arena.
Cazares and Mosquito command Corinthians
Cazares’ first goal for Corinthians symbolizes two outstanding performances in Engenhão this Sunday. Shirt 10 fought, insisted and opened for Mosquito. The midfielder, wide open to the right, crossed in the measure and goal. The pair, in this candidacy and in others, commanded the offensive actions of the São Paulo team.
Improvised, Victor Luis goes wrong
The Barroca tried to play with Víctor Luis on the edge to protect the left side and start a quick counterattack. But the wing, improvised in the duel, did not go well. He made many mistakes on the boards with his attack partners and left the game at halftime. Kalou, then a native player for the position, took his place.
Cazares scores 1st goal for Corinthians
The Ecuadorian disenchanted with the Corinthians shirt this Sunday, and in an unlikely way. The 1.71m midfielder insisted on a tackle, won the ball, opened for Mosquito and shot into the area. The teammate returned with a precise center and, with a header, the 10 shirt scored the first goal for the São Paulo club.
Play rehearsed at kick-off
It is more common for teams to prepare rehearsed plays for free throws, corners. But today Botafogo innovated and almost opened the scoring with less than ten seconds. Already in the kickoff, the Cariocas left with everything in combined action: Caio Alexandre received, shot quickly, from the center circle, and Warley received behind Fábio Santos. He kicked off a cross, but the ball went over the baseline.
Did you like what you saw, Avelar?
Absent after undergoing knee surgery in October, Danilo Avelar remains attentive to the footsteps of his teammates at Brasileirão. Today, the full back, used as a defense in the season, approved the first part of Corinthians.
“Corinthians more vertical and betting on the lead, marking by force (sic) the opponent’s error, they deserved the goal for betting on it! Great 1st part ”, wrote the player on social networks.
The Corinthians open and control
Danilo Avelar’s approval continues after the first 45 minutes of Corinthians. Vagner Mancini’s team pushed the Rio team out and had control of the game. Superior in the field throughout the game, although he did not have a noticeable superiority in possession, Timão occupied the middle, betting on fast movements with Fagner and Gustavo Mosquito on the right and endured Bota’s counterattacks.
Start-up costs for danger
Barroca broke ground on Sunday, pushing Victor Luis to the left. But the improvised side did not do well in attack and contributed little to defensive actions in that region, dominated by Fagner and Mosquito. Forster, in this way, suffered. When he had the ball, Glorioso could not be in much danger, since he was very slow. He also weighed the various wrong decisions made by the players up front.
Game timeline
Cazares opened the scoring for Corinthians in the 33rd minute of the first half. The Ecuadorian won a ticket, opened for Mosquito and launched into the area. He received a cross in measure and brandished the Cavalieri nets. In the final stage incorporations, Vital took advantage of it, made a serious mistake, cut inside, clearing Marcelo Benevenuto’s mark, and finished low, in the left corner of the goal, to close the account.
DATA SHEET
BOTAFOGO 0 X 2 CORINTHIANS
Data: December 27, 2020, Sunday
Local: Nilton Santos Stadium (Engenhão), in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Calendar: 4 pm (Brasilia time)
Referee: Hebrew Roberto Lopes
Assistants: Alex dos Santos and Éder Alexandre
WHERE: Wagner reway
Yellow cards: Éber Bessa (Botafogo); Ramiro (Corinthians)
GOALS: Cazares, 33 minutes into the first half, and Mateus Vital, 49 minutes into the second half
BOTAFOGO
Diego Cavalieri; Kevin, Benevenuto, Kanu, Rafael Forster (Rhuan); Zé Welison (Lecaros), Caio Alexandre, Cícero (Éber Bessa), Victor Luis (Kalou), Warley (Matheus Babi); Pedro Raúl. Technical: Eduardo Barroca.
CORINTHIANS
Walter; Fagner, Jemerson, Gil, Fábio Santos; Gabriel, Ramiro (Xavier), Gustavo Mosquito (Léo Natel), Cazares (Marllon), Otero (Mateus Vital); Jo (Lucas Piton). Technical: Vagner Mancini.
