The current Paulista champion almost said goodbye to the 2026 edition of the tournament this Sunday (22).
But Hugo Souza once again made the difference for Corinthians.
Playing at Canindé, he saved a penalty in normal time and saw Vitinho equalize 1-1 against Portuguesa in stoppage time.
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Then, he saved two more penalties to secure Timão’s 8-7 shootout victory.
This result determined Paulistão’s semi-final matches – see below.
Hugo Souza, mistakes and Lusa ahead
Portuguesa went into halftime with the advantage. Which was fair to the team that worked the ball better.
Maceió was the first to stand out.
Then, Renê passed Hugo Souza before being brought down by him in the area.
A penalty that number 21 himself took, but which saw goalkeeper Timão win (26th).
It was Hugo’s 12th penalty saved for Corinthians in 37 attempts.
Lusa, persistent, would score in the 38th minute.
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André Ramalho failed to clear Raniele’s long ball and Zé Vitor beat Hugo Souza.
Timão had more possession before halftime. But failed to impress.
Timão’s attempts and… goal
With no other option, Corinthians came back in the second half with Garro.
Hugo Souza stopped João Vitor’s attempt and, immediately afterwards, the Corinthians began to press.
Dorival successively called on Dieguinho, Vitinho and Pedro Raul.
The striker had a good chance in the 28th minute, but missed the goal.
The pressure continued. No effect.
The main chances were for Lusa and Maceió.
Then Vitinho celebrated his long-awaited first goal in the Corinthians jersey in the 48th minute.
Penalties
Garro saw Bertinato stop his shot – 0x0
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Zé Vitor gave Hugo Souza no chance – 0x1
Vitinho gave Bertinato no chance – 1×1
Renê was frustrated again by Hugo Souza – 1×1
Matheuzinho sent rival goalkeeper the wrong way – 2×1
Botteghin hit the post directly, but then celebrated – 2×2
Gustavo Henrique defeated Bertinato in style – 3×2
Gustavo Henrique (from Lusa) showed quality to score – 3×3
Pedro Raul almost saw Bertinato stop, but celebrated – 4×3
Maceió showed a lot of personality to beat Hugo – 4×4
André Ramalho sent it into Bertinato’s left corner – 5×4
Hudson hit hard with no chance for Hugo – 5×5
Kayke showed personality to score – 6×5
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Salomão hits the net to celebrate – 6×6
André decided to beat Bertinato – 7×6
Carlos Eduardo sent it between Hugo’s legs – 7×7
Allan shot into the left corner – 8×7
Cauari saw Hugo Souza save with his feet – 8×7
Semi-final matches 👇🏽
Novorizontino and Palmeiras retained the best and second best records respectively, after eliminating Santos and Capivariano.
Meanwhile, São Paulo waited for the final semi-final to be decided.
Tricolor started the knockout stage with the sixth best record and depended on what happened at Canindé whether they would have the third or fourth best overall performance.
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Corinthians’ qualification on penalties gave SPFC the third best record.
Ensure a derby against Palmeiras.
Timão finished with the fourth best record.
Which left the confrontations as follows:
Best record – Novorizontino 🆚 Corinthians – fourth best record
Second best record – Palmeiras 🆚 São Paulo – third best record
Single matches scheduled for Sunday (1).
Photo: Agência Paulistão
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
