The Bragança Paulista team is the leader of the championship, with six points and an advantage over vice-leader Palmeiras on goal difference
The was defeated 3-0 by , this Thursday (15), and lost the opportunity to close the second round of Paulistão in the lead or at least among the first placed. The fans present at Cícero de Souza Marques, in Bragança Paulista, saw a great performance from Jhon Jhon, who scored two goals. Mosquera completed the scoring.
Bragantino is the leader of the championship, with six points and an advantage over vice-leader Palmeiras in goal difference. The Parque São Jorge team remains with three points and is out of the G-8, the classification zone for the quarterfinals in the new state format.
With two classics ahead, against São Paulo on Sunday and Santos on the 22nd, Dorival Júnior sent a team made up only of reserves onto the field, except in goal, a position in which Hugo Souza was kept. What we saw was a very limited Corinthians in the midfield, whether in marking or in playmaking. The problems began with the black and white ball’s exit, hampered by Bragantina’s strong pressing, which spread to the other sectors on the rare occasions when the Corinthians managed to advance.
Bragantino opened the scoring thanks to a cross from John John to Sasha, who couldn’t touch it, but the ball bounced and deceived Hugo Souza into the net. Dorival preferred not to give the team full of reserves any more time and returned from the break with three changes. Matheuzinho, Breno Bidon and Carrillo took the place of Tchoca, Bahia and Pedro Raul. There was barely time to assess the effects of the changes, as Jhon Jhon received the ball on the left and hit it from an angle to beat Hugo Souza again, just after ten minutes.
The entry of Yuri Alberto, before the first half of the second half, made the Corinthians attack more acute, and the attacker narrowly missed opening the scoring, when he received a low cross from Bidu and stopped in defense of Cleiton. From then on, Corinthians were able to put some pressure on the opponent’s area, but not for long, until Mosquera turned around Cacá and scored the home team’s third goal to stop Corinthians momentum and close the score.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
