Corinthians played without the desire to win

Firstly, Corinthians lost playing without the desire to win. 

Playing against Flamengo's B team, Corinthians couldn't create so little

Flamengo coach Renato Gaúcho rested many starting players, the coach's choice was to prioritize the Libertadores.

Flamengo plays the Libertadores da América final on November 27th, which is why the coach preferred to choose an alternative team.

First of all, if we look at it on paper, Corinthians is stronger than Flamengo's B team. But that's not what we saw on the field.

Sylvinho couldn't make the team play  

Currently questioned, Sylvinho seems unable to make this team play offensively.

In big games, Sylvinho has a lot of difficulty. They lost 3-0 to Atlético Mineiro, and played to draw against a team that could have won. 

Flamengo's squad is very good, but I don't see a Flamengo B team better than Corinthians' A team.

Corinthians lost playing without the desire to win.

Now the question is, does coach Sylvinho have the capacity to make this team play?

A good campaign

At the beginning of the championship, many people believed in a team that would fight not to fall, today Corinthians would be in the Libertadores.

As reinforcements arrived, the team grew in production and the results arrived, today the team is in fifth place.

With 50 points, the team has a record of 13 wins, 11 draws and 9 defeats. This campaign is above expectations.

Now, the feeling is that the team could have played more against Flamengo.

Corinthians lost playing without the desire to win.

Corinthians lost playing without the desire to win.

The statistics show what the game was like

The Corinthians team only shot 5 times in the entire game, very little when we think that most of the time they faced the B team.

We constantly saw a team far away, spaced out and without compactness, especially offensively. 

When he had possession of the ball he was unable to create offensive chances, due to the distance between the athletes.

Corinthians lost playing without the desire to win. They seem to have played to draw, with no ambition to win.

The lack of ambition does not fit with Corinthians’ history

Many people often praise Flamengo's squad, but you can't see Corinthians playing to draw against a B team.

Losing to Flamengo away from home is possible for any team, but they cannot play wanting to draw.

Sylvinho seems to have assembled the team to seek a draw. Whoever is afraid of losing loses the desire to win. 

Corinthians needs to come in to win, against any team, even if they play reactively, but they need to be able to create.

At the same time as I saw Flamengo's reserves playing, I didn't react to scare Flamengo's B team. 

The campaign itself is good, but against Flamengo the team was in debt, a lot. 

The goal taken at the end only punished a team that didn't want to win. Goalkeeper Cássio and the crossbar had already saved Corinthians. 

Upcoming games

Corinthians hosts Santos on Sunday at 4pm, and will then play against Ceará away from home.

Additionally, you can learn more about the Corinthians.

Image from the Uol website.