With goals from top scorers, Corinthians sends Grmio to Copinha semi-finals

The biggest champion of the Cup, the Corinthians put all their tradition on the night of Friday. In a tie for the quarter-finals, Eduardo Barroca's teammates performed well and with a 2-1 victory over Grêmio, securing a place in the semi-finals of the competition.

As usual in the tournament, the goals were scored by the best scorers of the team: Fabricio Oya who has already shaken the net seven times, and Nathan on the sixth attempt.

The Corinthian spectacle, it should be noted, was not limited to the four lines. In the stands, more than 23,000 spectators gave a show at the Arena Barueri, providing essential support for the decisive triumph.

Composition – Following the team that launched the message, Barroca repeated the composition crushed celestial vision in the last phase. Thus, Timãozinho was chosen with: Diego, Igor, Jordan, Ronald and Caetano; Du, Roni and Fabricio Oya; Janderson, Rafael Bilu and Nathan

My Timão

Next step – With the standings, Timãozinho reaches the semifinals of the main competition of the sport. The opponent is already defined: Vasco da Gama. The match is scheduled for Tuesday – the schedule has not yet been confirmed by the Paulista Football Federation.

First time

In his interviews, coach Eduardo Barroca always highlights the characteristics of Timão's game. Logos in the first minutes of play, the style imposed by the commander was present. Pressing the ball out of Gremio, Corinthians have forced the gauchos' error. After three minutes, Bilu made a good move and rolled over to Oya, who knocked him out.

What was out of luck in the 10 jersey in the match was still lucky on the next shot. Pressed by the midfielder, the defender striker attempted to kick. The ball ends up beating the keeper and the white albinegathering of the goalkeeper.

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Even with the advantage of the table d & # 39; Posting, the commanders of Barroca have maintained their position. In the 18th minute, Gremio threatened Diego's goal for the first time in the first half of the season. but the visitor's guard arrived just in time to shoot him. After the shock, Timão came back to control the actions of the match: Oya made a good mistake and shortly after, Nathan launched the net from the outside after a good start.

At the first approach of the end, Corinthians still created another good luck. In a beautiful Oya pbad, Roni appeared as a surprise, but was overtaken by goalkeeper Gremista.

Second time

The final phase of the confrontation between paulistas and gauchos began differently. With another position, Grêmio began to make the games of the Timão creation sector more difficult.

Under the eyes of Emerson Sheik and Vilson, Corinthians began to feel calmer and, with Fabrício Oya, returned to the field with the first ten minutes. have a great chance The finish of the shirt 10, however, deviated and eventually went to the corner.

Oya finds Nathan free in charge of the corner to extend

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With more of advantage on the scorecard, Corinthians began to run with the ball more serenely, digging some fouls and managing the game. Eduardo Barroca took advantage of the opportunity to launch: Caetano, already yellowed, gave way to Daniel Marcos, the original right-back, who improvised improvised on the left.

Even keeping a little tempo, Timãozinho continued to create. On a stolen ball, Nathan hit for Janderson, who dribbled the marker and approached the goal, pulling the sighs of Fiel present at Arena Barueri.

The evening, organized by more than 23,000 spectators, was finally a winner. drama in the 30th minute. To the left, Leo Chu fell into the box and the referee made a penalty for Grêmio. On the charge, Diego even touched the ball, but Rildo did not lose anything by placing the 2-1 on the scoreboard.

The mood of apprehension increased three minutes later when Rafael Bilu left the field, complaining of a pain in his right leg. . The defeat ended up being quickly forgotten, Nathan's goal being canceled, which prevented another center of Oya from coming back.

Even stronger, Timão operates twice: João Celeri and Gustavo Mantuan entered the seats of Nathan and Janderson. On the pitch, goalkeeper Diego fell into pain but continued normally in the match.

Before the final whistle, Rafael Bilu gave way to Franklin, again shutting down the Alvinegra team, who held off the added five minutes of secure space in the semifinals of the U-20 main tournament. from the country. Competition: Paulo Football Cup Jnior
Location: Barueri Arena, Barueri, SP [19659031] Date: 18 January 2019 (Friday)
Time: ] 9:30 pm (from Brasilia)
Referee: Jos Ribeiro Jnior
Assistants: Osvaldo Medeiros Filho and Rodrigo Meirelles Bernardo
Objectives: Fabricio Oya, Nathan Palafoz (Corinthians); Rildo (Grmio)
Yellow cards: Caetano and Nathan Palafoz (Corinthians); Joao Guilherme, Jhonata Varela, Fernando Henrique, Guilherme Azevedo and Matheus Nunes (Grmio)
. Public: 23,542 followers

. CORINTHIANS: . Diego Riechelmann; Igor Marques, Jordan, Ronald and Caetano (Daniel Marcos); Du and Roni; Fabricio Oya, Janderson (Gustavo Mantuan) and Rafael Bilu (Franklin); Nathan Palafoz (Joo Celeri)
Technician: Eduardo Barroca