With goals from Róger Guedes and return of Renato Augusto, Corinthians beats Fluminense in Itaquera

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With the triumph, Corinthians escaped the relegation zone

O CorinthiansIn the end, he won again. The team commanded by Vanderlei Luxemburgo beat the Fluminense by 2-0 this Sunday afternoon, for the 8th round of the Brazilian Championship, at the Neo Química Arena. Timão’s goals were scored by Róger Guedes and the match saw the return of midfielder Renato Augusto to the pitch after 52 days of absence due to physical problems.

With the triumph, Corinthians escaped the relegation zone. Timão reached eight points and reached the 14th position of the Brasileirão. Fernando Diniz’s Fluminense was in 5th place, with 13 units.

Now, Corinthians will host Atlético-MG next Wednesday, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), for the round of 16 round of the Copa do Brasil. Fluminense, in turn, faces rival Flamengo on Thursday, at 8 pm.

The game

The first half followed the expected script. Fluminense dominated ball possession, while Corinthians positioned themselves in a back block, speculating on counterattacks. At the beginning of the game, Timão behaved well and suffered little, but from the middle of the first stage, Tricolor Carioca grew with dangerous finalizations.

In the 25th minute, Ganso served Lima on the right side, which he passed to Samuel Xavier with danger, to Cássio’s defence. Soon afterwards, André finished from outside the area in the left corner but had another intervention from the number 12. Meanwhile, Corinthians looked for stretched balls for Adson on the right or for the attacking duo, with little success.

The second half started at a different pace. Corinthians advanced the marking lines and started to cause problems for Fluminense. At five minutes, Timão had their first big chance of the game: Maycon found space inside, led and finished from outside the area to Fábio’s defense.

Corinthians’ improvement was rewarded in the 14th minute. Roni reversed the game for Matheus Bidu, who found the field and crossed for Yuri Alberto, who played for Róger Guedes to complete, alone, for the back of the net.

In the 26th minute, a special moment happened at the Neo Química Arena: Renato Augusto returned to the pitch after 52 days away due to a knee injury. The entrance of shirt number 8 inflamed the stadium, which was already feeling an improvement from Timão in the match.

In the final minutes, Fluminente intensified the pressure with the offensive substitutions of interim coach Eduardo Barros, but Corinthians managed to hold on in the defense and even increase the score in stoppage time, again with Róger Guedes. The number 10 completed a cross from Fagner, with a header, and sealed Timão’s triumph.

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