Corinthians and Santos played this Wednesday (2) the first classic of the 2022 Paulista Championship. And in the game played at Neo Química Arena, valid for the 3rd round, the Vila Belmiro team won 2-1, from turn.
The young striker Marcos Leonardo, 18, commanded the triumph by scoring the two Santos goals in Itaquera. Jô had opened the scoring for the hosts.
In search of his first victory in the State, the coach of Santos, Fábio Carille, gave up the line of three defenders that he had used in the first two rounds and used a defensive quartet formed by Madson, Kaiky, Eduardo Bauermann and Felipe Jonatan. Among the holders, Ricardo Goulart made his debut for the team.
In the first stage, Corinthians had more possession of the ball and sought to occupy the rival field, but had difficulties to overcome the marking. When he did, Renato Augusto hit João Paulo’s post with a shot placed from the edge of the area.
Santos insisted more on the right side, especially with Ângelo, and took advantage of steals in the offensive field to reach Matheus Donelli’s goal.
Booed even before the ball rolled when his face was shown on the stadium screen, coach Sylvinho also went to halftime under boos. As in the victory over Santo André, last Sunday (30), the coach had his departure requested by Corinthians fans.
For the second half, the alvinegro commander put Jô in the place of Gustavo Mantuan and the change soon took effect.
The striker received a GP inside the penalty area and made the wall for Fagner, who crossed. Santos’ defense couldn’t cut, Giuliano tried to dominate the chest and the ball left for Jô, who kicked hard to open the scoring in Itaquera, at 6 minutes.
It was the striker’s 30th goal at the Neo Química Arena, and the 400th in the stadium’s history, inaugurated in 2014.
The reaction of the visitors, however, did not take long to happen. And with a move that was already drawing in the first half.
After Giuliano’s pass error, Lucas Pires stole the ball still in the attack field and played for Marcos Guilherme, who activated Marcos Leonardo inside the area. Shirt 9 turned very well on top of João Victor and hit the corner to leave everything the same, at 19.
Soon after, the attacker got the better of the Corinthians defender, who made the charge and knocked the Santos player down in the area. Penalty, which Marcos Leonardo took to turn the game around, at 24.
After the comeback, Sylvinho sent Paulinho to the field, but Corinthians, even with volume and presence in the attack, could not avoid defeat.
In the next round, the Parque São Jorge club will visit Ituano, on Sunday (6). On the same day, Santos goes to Campinas to face Guarani.
Source: Folha
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