Corinthians beat Santos this Sunday (21) by 2-0, but the Corinthians could have left the field with an even higher score. With an excellent performance at the Neo Química Arena, the capital’s alvinegro master of the classics and reached his goal of moving up to fourth place in the Brazilian Championship, the best position ever occupied by Corinthians at the 2021 National Championship.
Since the 26th round of the 2019 edition of the tournament, Corinthians have not figured in the top four. At that time, the team was commanded by Fábio Carille, current coach from Santos — a few rounds ago, the Corinthians even reached fourth place, overtaking Bahia, but left it hours later, in the round’s complement.
With 53 points, Corinthians left Fortaleza (52) and Red Bull Bragantino (52) behind, who started the round ahead of the Parque São Jorge team.
Alvinegro da Baixada remains with 42 points, in 11th position, with six ahead of Bahia, the 17th and first in the relegation zone.
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Before the ball rolled, both teams knelt on the lawn in a protest against racism. Black Consciousness Day was celebrated on Saturday (20).
In addition to having 70% possession of the ball, according to SofaScore, the capital’s alvinegro spent most of that time in the attacking field. While he submitted 14 times, Santos only had one shot on goal, with a header by Diego Tardelli, to the right of Cássio’s goal.
On the Corinthians side, Renato Augusto dictated the match. The main moves passed by his feet, paying attention to the speed climbs of Gabriel Pereira on the right and Róger Guedes, on the left. It was cheap for Santos to score zero in the first 45 minutes, due to the volume produced by the rival.
“We didn’t enter the first half”, summarized defensive midfielder Camacho, on his way out to halftime, irritated with Santos’ posture.
The midfielder’s rebuke had no effect. In the second minute of the final stage, Corinthians opened the scoring with Jô. The forward received it from Du Queiroz, turned under the markings and submitted a low submission.
In advantage, the home team continued to control the match, although with less offensive volume than in the initial stage. With patience, he managed to kill the game in the 39th minute, with Gabriel, in a play that was started by Willian, back to the team after recovering from an injury.
It was the seventh consecutive victory for Corinthians in Itaquera, an important result to alleviate the almost permanent pressure on coach Sylvinho.
“We know the pressure we are under to be in the G4. When I arrived they called me crazy because the team was going to fall, and now we are in the G4,” said Renato Augusto. “I’m happy for the game, we played a great game,” he celebrated.
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