Yuri Alberto disenchants and VAR action: Corinthians draws with Fortaleza

Corinthians It is Strength were tied 1-1 on Monday night, 08, for the closing of the fourth round of the Brazilian Championship. With goals scored in the second half, Gaius Alexander opened the scoring for Leão do Pici and Yuri Alberto left everything the same for Timão. Alvinegro’s number 9 scored again after nine games.

With the result, the team from Ceará reached eight points and lost the chance to end the round in third place; the team of Vojvoda is in fourth place in the table. Timão, who played the second game under the command of Vanderlei Luxemburgoreached four points and avoided the relegation zone.

Game over at Neo Química Arena.

Corinthians 1 🆚 1 Fortress

⚽ Yuri Alberto#CorinthiansDay#Go Corinthianspic.twitter.com/oKeUynGza8

— Corinthians (@Corinthians) May 9, 2023

The teams return to the field for the fifth round of the Brasileirão later this week. On Thursday, the 11th, at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), Corinthians faces leader Botafogo, at Nilton Santos. On the same day, at 20:00, Fortaleza receives São Paulo, at Arena Castelão.

The game

The first half at Neo Química Arena was one of few emotions, but the home team created more. In the best chance of the stage, in the 48th minute and in the last shot, Fausto Vera played for Fagner, who took advantage of the live ball in the area, cleared the shot and sent a bomb on the left post of goalkeeper Fernando Miguel. In the 37th minute, coach Vojvoda had to replace striker Moisés, with pain in his ankle.

The game in the second half came back more lively, and Fortaleza returned the ball in the crossbar, in the 21st minute. After Romarinho’s pass, Calebe took a chance on the penalty spot and sent a bomb, which exploded on Cássio’s crossbar.

Leão do Pici even scored in the 26th minute of the second half, but the goal was annulled after VAR intervened. In the move, Caio Alexandre made the move with Yago Pikachu and crossed low for Silvio Romero to complete. The attacker, however, was in an offside position.

The goal, however, came out in the 34th minute, with a great goal by Caio Alexandre. After a good move on the left, Romarinho played for Silvio Romero, who sent the letter to the midfielder, who arrived beating from the edge of the area: 0 to 1.

Despite conceding the goal, Corinthians kept trying to play in the attack. In the 41st minute, Róger Guedes dangerously swerved to the left of Fernando Miguel. At 43 minutes, Yuri Alberto left everything the same. After a Guedes cross on the second post, the Fortaleza goalkeeper flattened it on the feet of the number 9, which he completed with a rocket: 1 to 1.