President Lula was thrilled with the classification of Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil and sent a message: “The champions of the Champions League get ready”
This Thursday, the 1st, the president Lula celebrated the ranking of Corinthians in the round of 16 of Brazil Cup 2023. Timão, who had been defeated by Atlético-MG 2-0 in the first match, equaled the aggregate score on the return, forced the decision on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals in the tournament.
The head of the Executive branch showed great excitement about the vacancy. “Did you see the Corinthians yesterday?”asked Lula, who spoke briefly to the press at the Itamaraty Palace, where he would meet the president of Finland, Sauli Niinisto. “Look, the champion of Champions League get ready to face Corinthians”he chimed in jokingly.
THE GAME
Even with the advantage in their favor, Atlético-MG started by keeping possession of the ball and putting pressure on the Corinthians team. The Paulistas, playing with three defenders, were looking for quick exits with their wingers: Fagner to the right and Matheus Bidu to the left. Over the course of the first stage, Timão matched the actions, until they managed to reach the goal.
At 32 minutes, after a blunder of Otávio in the defense, Yuri Alberto regained possession and kicked over Everson. on the rebound, Renato Augusto he had a lot of vision of the game to cross to Matheus Bidu who, facing the goal, sent the ball from his chest to the back of the net. In the sequence, Yuri Alberto hit a beautiful header on the crossbar and Corinthians went down to the break with the lead on the scoreboard; check out how the rest of the match went.
Source: sportbuzz
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