Corinthians beat São Paulo 2-0 on Sunday morning (22) in the second leg of the Brazilian women’s championship final and won their sixth championship. The match was broadcast live on TV Brasil.
After beating their rivals 3-1 at Morumbi in the first leg, the Brabas do Timão, as the Corinthians women’s team is known, could have lost by just one goal to secure the title in regular time. But the home team, with the support of the loyal fans who packed the Neo Química Arena, were better throughout almost the entire game.
Corinthians fans broke the attendance record for women’s football. 44,529 fans were present.
The goals of the match came in the final stage. In the 17th minute, after a good exchange of passes, Yasmim crossed to Vic Albuquerque’s head. This time, the striker did the job of a waitress. She gave a perfect assist to Jaque Ribeiro. In the 44th minute, Carol Nogueira took advantage of the counterattack and sealed the championship. The forward closed the scoring and Corinthians’ lead of 5-1 on aggregate.