Corinthians beats Atlético Mineiro and breaks winning streak

This Saturday (8) they played at Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte Atlético Mineiro and Corinthians, in a match valid for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship, Corinthians won by adding three important points for the continuity of the national. Atlético completes five games without a win under coach Felipão.

In the first ten minutes the teams did not avoid trying to attack, but both failed in the imperfections of the passes and in the final shots, in these minutes neither team offered real danger of changing the scoreboard. At 14′ Róguer Guedes had his first great opportunity to open the scoring, face to face with the goal Éverson closed the angle well and made an excellent defense. The game was very balanced in the goal attempts of miners and paulistas, the defenses prevail in the free kicks or with resumption of control. At 35′ Pavon made a great save, came out sewing in front of the goal, finished and Cássio prevented the Galo’s goal. Corinthians google at 39′ Róger Guedes opens the scoring, Mariano missed the pass Yuri Alberto took advantage and saw Róger Guedes, who hit the left corner. In the final moments of the first half, the teams controlled the actions through the middle without changing the scoreboard.

In the first half, Atlético finished 14 times, the team already scored on goal in 5 opportunities

O @Corinthians go to #ShowDoIntervalo ahead! Roger Guedes decides! pic.twitter.com/m5GOoL1RjQ

— Brasileirão Assaí (@Brasileirao) July 8, 2023

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On their return from the changing rooms, the home team returned with three changes, which resulted in terms of intensity, offering danger to Cássio’s goal on several occasions, in the first twenty minutes the helm barely threatened the Minas Gerais goal, spent more time defending itself against the onslaught of the home team that insists on plays without good final conclusions. In the last half of the second half, the visiting team bet on counterattacks but without effectiveness, Corinthians closed to hold the advantage with the boom and good defensive game, the timão overcomes Atlético Mineiro in the opponent’s home, which presented many difficulties in the transition from ball and scoring goals which corroborates the statistics:

Atlético x Corinthians

60% Possession of the ball 40%

26 Total kicks 8

59 dangerous attack 28

Atlético MG: Éverson, Mariano (Pedrinho), Lemos, Jemerson, Arana (Rubens), Battaglia, Edenílson (Saravia), Igor Gomes (Alisson), Pavon, Paulinho and Alan Kardec (Vargas). technician Felipe.

Corinthians: Cássio, Fagner, Gil, Murillo, Bruno Mendes, Fábio Santos, G.Moscardo (Maycon), Fausto Vera (Giuliano), Ruan Oliveira (Renato Augusto), Róger Guedes (Adison), Yuri Alberto (Felipe Augusto). technician V. Luxembourg.

Arbitration: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima refereed the game, assisted by Rafael da Silva Alves and Alex dos Santos, in addition to Rafael Traci in the VAR analyses.

With the goal Róger Guedes breaks a fast of 7 games without scoring, with the result Corinthians breathes in the table outside the Z4 (4 points away from Goiás, first team in the relegation zone) with 15 points, while Atlético MG remains with 20 points in 11th place.

Featured photo: Roger Guedes, celebrates goal. Playback/Twitter.