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Ceará Stuns Corinthians at Neo Química Arena
São Paulo witnessed a surprising victory for Ceará over Corinthians in matchday 33 of the Brazilian Serie A. Despite dominating possession with 78%, Corinthians failed to translate their superiority into goals. The home team attempted 17 shots, only 5 of which were on target and 6 went wide, and also earned 9 corner kicks, but Ceará’s defense proved solid.
The only goal of the match came in the 31st minute, courtesy of A. Galeano, with a key assist from Pedro Henrique, giving Ceará the lead. A Corinthians goal was disallowed by VAR in the 21st minute due to an offside call on Gustavo Henrique, frustrating the home team’s aspirations.
Ceará, with a more conservative and direct game, capitalized on their opportunities. While their possession was only 22% and they took 7 shots (4 on target, 3 off target), they managed to convert one of them. The match was characterized by a high number of fouls (18 by Ceará and 7 by Corinthians) and a total of 7 yellow cards, 5 for Ceará and 1 for Corinthians, reflecting the intensity of the game. Fabiano, Pedro Henrique, Vinicius Zanocelo, Diego, Willian Machado, R. Ramos and Lourenco were cautioned for Ceará, while R. Garro received the yellow card for Corinthians.
Substitutions ceara: at minute 67 Pedro Henrique came in and Fernandinho went out., at minute 75 A. Galeano came in and Richardson went out., at minute 75 Diego came in and Lourenco went out., at minute 75 Lucas Mugni came in and Paulo Baya went out., at minute 75 Matheus Bahia came in and Nicolas went out.
Substitutions corinthians: at minute 71 M. Depay came in and Gui Negao went out., at minute 71 Breno Bidon came in and Angel Romero went out., at minute 83 Matheus Bidu came in and Talles Magno went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Corinthians
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