Owner of the best campaign of the Paulista Championship, Corinthians is qualified for the semifinal of the competition and will have the advantage of playing at home in the next phase of the tournament. The opponent is not yet defined.
The team led by Ramón Diaz secured the advantage by eliminating Mirassol on Sunday (2), with a 2-0 win in Itaquera, where Romero and Memphis Depay built the scoring.
Responsible for paving the way for the Alvinegra classification, the Paraguayan striker reached his 66th goal for the team in 338 matches, isolating the club’s biggest scorer this century.
Shirt 11 took off from Jo, author of 65 goals in 284 games with the Corinthian cloak.
The latest goal scored by Romero came out in the first half of the quarterfinals confrontation, when he headed a corner kick made by Memphis Depay on 22 minutes.
In the final stage, it was the Dutch’s own turn to leave his mark. He also used his head to divert the ball to the net after a cross from Argentine lateral rookie Angileri on 30 minutes.
The triumph in the first knockout made Corinthians reach 33 points in the general classification of Paulista.
