Timao was beaten by Fortaleza on Wednesday night in Castelao
Photo: Matthews Lotf / Fortaleza FC – Caption: Pochettino scored one of the winning goals for Fortaleza / Jogada10
On a night of little inspiration and many mistakes, Corinthians were defeated by Fortaleza in Castelao. Away from home, Timao stumbled and suffered a harsh defeat with a score of 2-1. In addition, they saw their dream of being in the G8 and a place in the pre-Libertadores. Pochettino and Herrera scored for Lyon, while Andre scored for Timo.
In the final round, Sunday, Corinthians will host Juventude at the New Quimica Arena, while Fortaleza will visit Botafogo at the Nilton Santos Stadium on the same day.
The lion is in the lead!
With their need to win to maintain their dream of remaining in the elite, Fortaleza took advantage of their opportunity to score and move up the scoreboard. Herrera made a good move on the right wing of the attack, caught the Corinthians defense in a bad position and Pochettino single-handedly scored the empty goal. 1-0 for Lyon in Castelao.
Timao is improving and is in danger
After receiving the goal, Corinthians’ performance in the match improved. Largely due to the speed of Gui Negão and Dieguinho, Timão got goalkeeper Brenno into trouble. Berino Bidon, Vitinho and Diginho had good chances to score, but they wasted their chances. The Fortaleza goalkeeper, in turn, performed a miracle with a missile shot fired by Maicon, ending the match at the end of the first half in favor of the host team.
What a great goal!
Upon returning to the changing rooms, the scenario was repeated. Although Corinthians almost drew with Gui Negao, Fortaleza only needed one chance to expand. Pochettino passed a beautiful pass, and the heads of Gustavo Henrique and Matthews Bedo collided, and the ball fell into Herrera’s goal. The Lyon player was calm and competent to cover for Hugo Souza and score a brilliant goal at Castelao. Blue, red and white art painting.
An exciting final in Castelao
Although the match could become increasingly tense for Fortaleza, Corinthians pulled one goal back. At the age of 25, Andre made his first effort straight from the edge of the penalty area and scored, igniting the match. Under pressure, Timão did everything he could to equalise, but Fortaleza held on in every possible way. Breno once again seemed to achieve a miracle with Ranelli’s header, securing the three points for Lyon, who left the relegation zone after 26 rounds.
Fortaleza 2 x 1 Corinthians
Brazilian Championship – Round 37
date: 12/3/2025
location: Arena Castelao, Fortaleza (CE)
Present audience: 56,014
income: 1,433,088.00 Brazilian Real
Objectives: Pochettino, 8’/1st quarter (1-0); Herrera, 13’/2T (2-0); Andre, 25’/2d (2-1);
power: brino; Mancuso, Pretz, Avila and Diogo Barbosa; Lukas Sacha and Mateus Pereira (Pierre); Herrera (Iago Picacho), Pochettino (Moises), Breno Lopez (Mateus Rossito); Barreiro (Deverson). idiomatic: Martin Palermo.
Corinth: Hugo Souza; Kaka (Jose Martínez), Andre Ramalho, Gustavo Henrique and Matthews Bedo; Andre, Maicon and Perino Bidon (Thalis Magno); Vitinho (Kaiki), Joey Negao (Angel Romero) and DeGuinho. idiomatic: Dorival Jr.
arbitrator: Savio Pereira Sampaio (Defender)
Helpers: Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos (PR) and Daniel Henrique da Silva Andrade (DF)
Video Assistant Referee: Rodrigo D’Alonso Ferreira (SC)
Yellow cards: Barreiro, Herrera, Matheus Pereira, Britiz, Deverson (FOR); Gustavo Henrique (COR)
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