![He stung the 'snake': Carrillo scored and avoided the fall of Corinthians against Fortaleza [Video]](https://latin-american.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/He-stung-the-snake-Carrillo-scored-and-avoided-the-fall.png "He stung the 'snake': Carrillo scored and avoided the fall of Corinthians against Fortaleza [Video]")
Peru is key. André Carrillo was a protagonist again in a duel of Corinthians, marking in the final minutes somewhat meant the agonizing draw at home against fortress.
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The Paulists fell with an early goal by Bruno Henrique, who scored just 6 minutes from the match, and everything turned up for Carrillo and company.
The advantage was held by the visit for practically all the meeting. However, at the most complicated moment, when Fortaleza only closed its ranks, the ‘snake’ appeared.
In a desperate play of ‘Timao’, the rival goalkeeper left a rebound in the small area that took advantage of the Peruvian flyer, who anticipated two defenses and managed to score agonally.
The goal put 1-1 in the 94th minute, just 4 minutes from the outcome, which released the fans from the tension, as a defeat at home would have been quite a bad news for the Corinthians.
Thus, the cast of Carrillo marches in 12th place, in the South American area, with 22 points products of 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, in an irregular season of the Paulists so far from the Brazilian tournament.
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“We did not get the victory, but I feel that we did a good game, we controlled the 90 minutes. They found an early goal, but the important thing is that we react and look for the game. We tried to turn around the match, but we did not succeed,” said the Peruvian striker about the clash against strength.
