Timão even used a goalkeeper's line to get a positive result, but failed.
By Daverson Cardoso
On Saturday (4) at 11am, Corinthians and Flamengo took to the court at the Arena Taubaté in a semi-final match of the Mundialito de Clubes Soccer Society F7. The team from São Paulo were fighting for their third title in 3017. The team from Rio wanted to reach the final and maintain their 100 percent record in the world competition.
Two minutes in, Flamengo's Matheus tried to shoot and the ball reached Hélcio, who was free on the far post and just pushed it into the empty net to open the scoring for the Gávea team. In the fifth minute, Hélcio stole the ball and fired a right-footed shot into the right-hand corner of Timão goalkeeper Diego and past the post.
A minute later, Diego miscontrolled the ball and Flamengo's Luiz Eduardo stole the ball and with his heel kicked it into the right corner of the Timão goal to make it 2-0 Mengao. In the 23rd minute, Chayene took a strong shot and the ball went into the left corner of goalkeeper Diego, who jumped up and made a good save, putting it out for a corner.
In the 11th minute, Diego took a shot from midfield and the ball went into the left corner of Flamengo goalkeeper Thiago, who jumped up and made a good save. In the 16th minute, Gama received the ball on the pivot, turned and shot hard, the ball going into the right corner of Flamengo goalkeeper Thiago and hitting the crossbar.
In the 24th minute, Daniel took a shoo-out and tried to pass to Chayene, who ended up losing the ball. In the 26th minute, Maurinho received a pass inside the area on the right and shot across goal. In the middle of the area, Mike deflected the ball into the back of the Flamengo goal, bringing the score down to 2-1.
Ten minutes into the second half, Vigor from Timão received a pass on the left flank and shot low, the ball going into the left corner of goalkeeper N33, who got down and made a good save. In the 18th minute, Flamengo's Daniel received a pass on the left flank and shot hard, the ball went into goalkeeper Diego's left-hand corner and into the Corinthians net, extending the score to 3-1 for Corinthians.
In the 23rd minute, Mike played a neat pass to Paulo Netto on the right wing. The No. 13 got his foot to the ball and saw the ball die in the middle of the Flamengo goal, with no chance for goalkeeper Victor Hugo, bringing the score down to 3-2. A minute later, Mike took a first-time shot and the ball went into the right corner of Flamengo's goal and hit the right post.
