On the night of Wednesday (16), Corinthians beat Ceará 1-0 at Arena Castelão, in a game valid for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship.
The only goal of the match was scored by Talles Magno, 27 minutes into the second stage.
With the victory, Timon jumps in the table, surpasses Ceará and assumes the 9th place, with 19 points won. Vozão is 10th, with 18 points. Dorival Júnior’s team won again after five games and gave an appease to the situation, which could turn into a crisis.
How was the game
The first half was of low inspiration from both teams, who had little danger to the opposing goalkeepers.
Timon started better, especially with the connection between Rodrigo Garro and Gui Negão. Despite this, Dorival Junior’s team did not scare Bruno Ferreira.
Ceará’s first arrival in the game was with Fernandinho, who kicked from outside the area and scared Hugo Souza. While the only arrival of Corinthians was a Martínez kick from afar on 43 minutes.
The game was played and with many fouls. On Ceará’s side, Lucas Mugni, Dieguinho and Fernando Sobral received the yellow, while Matheuzinho was the only Corinthian warned in the first stage, which had no emotions.
The second stage began more busy. After three minutes, Galeano, free, headed over Hugo Souza’s goal after a corner. Timon responded with Talles Magno, who risked from afar and saw the ball rise a lot.
After a busy start, the doldrums again took over the match. Timon had the ball, but was missing many passes, while Vozão tried to get out of speed, but could not fit counterattacks.
At 26 minutes, everything changed. André Carrillo made a good move on the right-wing, passed the back and crossed. The Peruvian had the defense of Ceará defense and saw the ball left for Talles Magno, free, to open the scoring for Corinthians.
After the goal, Corinthians followed more possession and began to leave the game controlled. Ceará tried the muffle, but did little and only scared Hugo with a weak kick of Guilherme
Next Games
The two teams again play over the weekend, for the 15th round of the Brazilian Championship
On Saturday (19), Corinthians has the classic against São Paulo. The ball rolls at 21h (Brasilia), in Morumbis.
Already Ceará faces Internacional, in Beira-Rio, at 11am on Sunday (20).
