Corinthians 3 x 0 Ponte Preta

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This game was on Saturday, but better late than never……

I’ll give credit to Ponte Preta — they came to win. They got three corners by the fifth minute and they never let up, even after they went a man down in the second half. So hats off to Ponte for their attacking football; unfortunately, our [...]

Category: Brazilian Championship

Tags: Aranha, Brazilian Championship, Chicão, Corinthians, Dentinho, Douglas, Gum, Herrera, Morais, Ponte Preta, Série B

Brasiliense 1 x 1 Corinthians

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See that screenshot on the right?
That’s how I had to watch this miserable little game. Then, to top it off, Wordpress ate the first draft of my write-up. Bad news all around.
Not that I’m surprised. Despite all the hype about how soon we could get promoted, not to mention the purple kits we wore, we [...]

Category: Brazilian Championship

Tags: Brasiliense, Brazilian Championship, Corinthians, Cristiane, Elias, Marcinho, São Bernardo, Série B, Womens Football

Corinthians 1 x 0 Barueri

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Yesterday afternoon in Pacaembu Stadium, a lot of little kids became Corinthians fans for life.
This is the kind of game that wins hearts and minds, that shows you what a team and its supporters are really about. Corinthians is about struggle, on and off the pitch, and every soul in that packed stadium did their [...]

Category: Brazilian Championship

Tags: André Santos, Barueri, Brazilian Championship, Corinthians, Renê, Série B

SE Sorocabana 1 x 7 Corinthians

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Hands up if you heard about this one…
SE Sorocabana 1 x 7 Corinthians, in Round 18 of the Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino
 

Fabiana Baiana & Cristiane

I said I’d keep you posted about our star-studded women’s team, and I’m a man of my word. Corinthians advanced to the second stage of the state league with this [...]

Category: Womens Football

Tags: Bárbara, Corinthians, Cristiane, Fabiana Baiana, Marta, Santos, SE Sorocabana, Womens Football

Obrigado, Mago

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I think Corinthians and Palmeiras fans can unite in celebrating Valdivia’s excellent contribution to the game last night:

I’m just saying =P

Category: Miscellaneous

Tags: Corinthians, Miscellaneous, Palmeiras, Valdivia

Fortaleza 1 x 3 Corinthians

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Sorry for the delay — it was a busy weekend. Here we go…
Fortaleza put up more of a fight than Gama or ABC, but they didn’t fare much better, as Corinthians brought home an easy 3-1 win. Chicão converted a penalty and Preto scored a comedy own goal to make it 2-0 at halftime; Bambam [...]

Category: Brazilian Championship

Tags: André Santos, Bambam, Brazilian Championship, Castelão, Chicão, Corinthians, Fortaleza, Preto, Série B

Milestones

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Last weekend was full of milestone events for Corinthians. Here’s a quick round-up before we hit the next round…
Parabéns! — Sport Club Corinthians Paulista turned 98 years old on Monday. Brazil’s first and greatest “people’s team” was founded on September 1, 1910, by a group of workers waiting to take the trolley home in the [...]

Category: Corinthians Team News

Tags: birthday, Castelão, Corinthians, Corinthians Team News, Cristiane, Democracia Corintiana, Fortaleza, Olympics, Pacaembu

Vai Corinthians!

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The world’s greatest team, and the world’s greatest fans, finally have a space on the world’s greatest football blog… Welcome to The Offside Corinthians!
As far as I know, this is the first-ever Corinthians blog in English. Hopefully I can do justice to the fine blogs from Brazil, like Edson & Co. over at Blog do [...]

Category: Brazilian Championship

Tags: ABC, Corinthians, Douglas, Elias, Gama, Herrera, Lulinha, Mano Menezes, Morais, Pacaembu, Série B