Corinthians wins and ends the invincibility of the Inter leader

Corinthians received Internacional, leader of the Brazilian Championship, at Neo Química Arena, this Saturday, for the 19th day of the competition. With Matheus Davo as the starter, the team led by Vagner Mancini was not intimidated by one of the favorite teams for the title and, more efficiently, achieved the all-important 1-0 victory, a goal by Davo, the Corinthians coach’s bet.

With the result, Corinthians went to 24 points, ended Inter’s sequence of seven undefeated matches and distanced themselves from the relegation zone of Brasileirão, redeeming themselves from the defeat in the middle of the week against América-MG, for the round of 16. of the Brazil Cup.

Internacional, for its part, lost the opportunity to stay ahead of the competition without depending on other round results and to win the symbolic title of the first round. With 35 points, Colorado can lose the first place in the table to Flamengo, who host São Paulo this Sunday in Maracana.

The game – Internacional needed exactly 17 seconds to almost open the scoring in Itaquera. Abel Hernández center from the left, Marcos Guilherme drove and Edenilson, free, hit inside the area, but sent over the goal defended by goalkeeper Cássio, wasting an excellent opportunity.

Corinthians responded after 13 minutes. Fagner hit a deep serve for Ederson, who drove the ball into goal and just didn’t stop at the back of the net because Marcelo Lomba appeared midway to intervene.

From then on, the game became more concentrated between the two intermediaries. Internacional had more possession of the ball, but could not penetrate the Corinthians defense, which opted for speed to counterattack. And that’s exactly how Timão, in minute 32, ended up opening the scoring. Cazares received a great pitch from Fagner, went ahead before the arrival of Cuesta and crossed for Matheus Davo, Mancini’s bet, putting the nets.

At a disadvantage, Internacional was forced to play even more in attack, but Corinthians’ consistency and good defensive position continued to prevail in the face of colored insistence and guaranteed a partial victory for the hosts in the first half.

Second time

The complementary stage started agitated. In the first minute Patrick made a beautiful play from the left, passing the ball between Fagner’s legs, and crossed low into the center of the area, but the Corinthians defense defended the danger. After that, the fan who expected strong emotions started to get disappointed. With a very close game, there were few scoring chances during the match.

If the ball did not roll, Corinthians had the ball stopped with Otero as a card. Exploring the main characteristic of the midfielder, who hits the ball very well, Timão tried to beat Marcelo Lomba in the 22nd minute, when the Venezuelan threw the bomb from a distance, but the Inter goalkeeper made the defense without giving a rebound.

In the final stretch of the game, Internacional, increasingly present on the offensive field in search of a tie, even tried to bring danger to Cássio, more precisely in the 35th minute, but, after a center from the left, the maximum that Edenilson achieved it was dominating the ball and seeing it come out of the baseline.

Corinthians, even managing the result, with a defensive posture, almost did not expand in the last minute of the game, when Gabriel took a counterattack and played for Luan, who, face to face with Marcelo Lomba, dominated badly and the ball stopped. in the hands of the goalkeeper. And there was still time for Thiago Galhardo, Brasileirão’s top scorer, to be sent off for a strong tackle at Otero before the final whistle.

DATA SHEET

CORINTHIANS 1 X 0 INTERNATIONAL

Local: Neo Química Arena, in São Paulo (SP)

Data: October 31, 2020, Saturday

Calendar: 7pm (from Brasilia)

Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Junior (PR)

Assistants: Ivan Carlos Bohn (PR) and Sidmar dos Santos Meurer (PR)

WHERE: Wagner Reway (PB)

Goals: Matheus Davo, at 32 in the 1st Q (Corinthians)

Yellow cards: Gil, Otero, Cazares (Corinthians); Victor Cuesta, Edenilson (International)

Red card: Thiago Galhardo (International)

CORINTHIANS: Cassio; Fagner, Gil, Marllon and Fábio Santos; Xavier, Ramiro (Gabriel), Ederson (Camacho) and Cazares (Luan); Otero and Matheus Davó (Léo Natel)

Technical: Vagner mancini

INTERNATIONAL: Marcelo Lomba; Heitor (Unborn), Zé Gabriel (Yuri Alberto), Victor Cuesta and Uendel (Johnny); Rodrigo Lindoso, Edenilson and Patrick; Marcos Guilherme (D’Alessandro), Thiago Galhardo and Abel Hernández.

Technical: Eduardo Coudet