Greetings, Coringation travelers!!
I've fortunately and unfortunately have been a lot more occupied on work, so my Coringation diaries have continued to be a bit late.
Today's post is special because it not only tells the story of our tie in the classic against Palmeiras and the win against São Bernardo, but also commemorates the official qualifying of our team to the next phase in Paulistão and eternalizes the jersey number change for our star Rodrigo Garro; a Garro la Ocho.
CLASSIFICADOS is the plural version of the adjective in Portuguese that refers to a group of people that has been qualified. And our coringation boys are!
The game against our green rivals was really difficult, specially in their home field. We took the first game of the match in the start of the first half, but we were able to equalize at the end of it with Yuri Alberto. He kicked the opposing team's flag and got a free yellow card.
It was also him who at the start of the second half simulated being fouled... it earned him the second yellow, and consequently a red card. We had to hold our ground for more than half an hour with one less, and almost did without too much trouble.
However, already in the added time, Estêvão was fouled inside the box. Penalty kick for the green guys. And it was HUGO SOUZA, the best goalkeeper in Brasil, who jumped to his right side and defended the ball. The match ended in a tie.
Another dramatic football appearance of my Corinthians happened last Sunday, when the game was still tied nil-nil up to the 90 minutes mark. But our international players Memphis Depay and Angel Romero were able to build two goals in added time, and we finished in front by two goals!
This win officiallized our qualification to the playoff stage of the Paulistão 2025!!
Last game also featured the event that marked the change of number of our incredible Argentinian player Rodrigo Garro to the historic jersey number 8, that our gigantic Dr. Socrates eternalized during the time of the Democracy Corinthiana, and this story deserves a post for itself...
I've always found the Brazilian league season so confusing. You've qualified and does that mean that the 2nd half of the season now starts? I should look it up really and try harder to understand it!
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Hey friend, what a great comment! It's actually not intuitive at all... The Brazilian and Latin American football calendar starts and ends along with the year, so there's already this discompass with the european calendar. However, the main thing is that there's a huge history of local State Championships throughout the twenty-four states of Brazil, doing to our country being so big. Because of it, the Estaduais were really important during the last century, and continue to be the main competitions in the start of each year for the Brazilian squads. I think the Brazilian league as it is nowadays, the Brasileirão, has been like this for around thirty something years, and it only starts in April/May.
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Actually nowadays the local state championships determine if you play in the next year's national cup, the Copa do Brasil. The Brasileirão is structured in four tiers, called Séries, with promotions and relegations each edition. To get to the first one, called Brasileirão Série A you have to qualify to the Série D and go up from there.
And its really interesting how each local state championship has its uniqueness, and ours here in the state of São Paulo, the Paulistão, is the most competitive and better organized in our country. A lot of it is due to our Football Federation of the state, which is a lot better institution even then the national one, that is a really ridiculous one. If you can believe, the national calendar had less than TWO OFFICIAL WEEKS of resting time for the players all around the country, due to it being mismanaged and the local state federations having to fit into these terrible decisions. Corinthians this season has played, on average, a game every three days. It's completely bonkers, but at least we've been winning well, and with the luck on our side, huh :)
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Oh wow, OK. I think I get it now. There are 2 separate leagues that are played each season - each independent from one another - one local - one national. It reads like the State Championship is like a pre-season tournament for the real deal.
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Yeah, that's basically it! The Brasileirão has been getting better and better for the past few years, and it is one of the most competitive leagues in regards to a lot of different teams having real winning chances for the title each edition. In my opinion, it's probably the most thrilling league to watch in this aspect, along with the Premier League. I'll never forget that unique season that happened in 2016, when Leicester City shocked the world...
What about you, do you support any football club?
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My fondest moment in a Premier League season was this, in 2012:
No other league can produce this kind of drama on the final day. Half the pub watching (and supporting) Man Utd. The other half City. Incredible.
I support Reading FC. I've written quite a lot about football in the past and I've archived most of them in this post. You might enjoy reading a few of them (you'll need to scroll down for the football).
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Yeah, this end of the season was dramatically unforgettable. I'm fond of United because it was the first team I became an idol on the Player Career Mode playing on my first FIFA for the PS3, the FIFA11... Good old times. I'll read about Reading FC through your words for sure, thanks!
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All images were taken from official divulgation from the Corinthians' Bsky
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