Corinthians lose to Inter and sit just above the relegation zone

Corinthians lose to Inter and sit just above the relegation zone Inter beat Corinthians on Wednesday (7) in a head-to-head clash in the battle against relegation in the Brasileirão. The match at Beira-Rio saw Vitinho and Alan Patrick score for the hosts. André found the net for the visitors. The result left Corinthians with seven consecutive defeats in the Brasileirão and on the brink of the relegation zone. Despite picking up three points, Inter remain in the bottom four, but are now just one point behind Corinthians. The match The clash at Beira-Rio had barely begun before the hosts were 1–0 up. Vitinho opened the scoring just 45 seconds into the game after a fine assist from Alan Patrick. Inter built on that momentum, kept attacking and came close to scoring a second. But towards the end of the first half, Corinthians began to apply pressure. Fernando Diniz's side hit the post twice in quick succession, first through Matheuzinho and then Yuri Alberto. In the second half, the woodwork again denied Corinthians an equalizer, this time with an unbelievable miss from Memphis Depay. He met an excellent cross from Yuri Alberto but failed to find the net despite shooting from inside the six-yard box, almost directly beneath the crossbar. Corinthians kept pressing throughout the second half, but Inter were more clinical. The Colorado capitalized on a mistake while playing out from the back, and Alan Patrick made it 2–0. Corinthians responded quickly and pulled one back through André in the 80th minute. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.