Two matches to decide Brazil's national champions: 1st leg Saturday 20 October 2nd leg in São Paulo: Friday 26 October The games are streaming live on the CBF Youtube channel, and should be available on demand below. After another unpredictable season, the final is the 2015 champions vs. the current Libertadores women's champions: Rio Preto x Corinthians 1st leg at the Rio Pretão (Anísio Haddad) stadium, São José do Rio Preto Kickoff: Saturday 2pm ET U.S. / 15:00 BRT / 18:00 GMT More info in the CONMEBOL clubs thread with @SiberianThunderT
Rio Preto will hope that their prolific goalscorer Letícia can make the difference in these games. Corinthians' key striker in the semifinals was Adriana "Maga", backed by playmaker Gabi Zanotti. In fact, Corinthians' forward line Adriana and Millene were both at Rio Preto in 2017.
The playoffs so far: The 2017 Brazilian champions, Santos, surprisingly lost in the quarter-finals to Railway Club, Ferroviária, who then lost in the semi-final to Rio Preto. Letícia scored twice in Rio Preto's decisive home win (video highlights / match report). The other semi-final was a hectic Corinthians v Flamengo matchup. First Flamengo won 2-1 at home in Rio de Janeiro, and they scored two spectacular goals to equalize in the 2nd leg in São Paulo. But a late defensive surrender let Corinthians score twice and win 4-2 (5-4 aggregate), with a last-minute penalty by Millene. Corinthians celebrate their semi-final win in São Paulo (photo: Bruno Teixeira, corinthians)
Final - the best live updates will probably be on Portal Corinthians Feminino - https://twitter.com/sccpfeminino There's also info on Timão Mulher on Twitter, and a lot less on Rio Preto's Twitter. Corinthians will be wearing the Ayrton Senna tribute kits that were announced earlier this month: Definido: Corinthians jogará partidas da final do Brasileirão feminino com camisa que homenageia Ayrton Senna #RespeitaAsMinas pic.twitter.com/kL8iMaFgEd— Portal Corinthians Futebol Feminino (@sccpfeminino) October 20, 2018
In fact there are two Letícias on the field today (nicknamed "Lelê") Corinthians' goalkeeper is Letícia Izidoro, who was in Brazil's last World Cup squad. Meanwhile the top Rio Preto striker, who got 18 goals in this year's Paulista, is Letícia, also known as Letícia Negona. The only person who can stop Letícia is Letícia. Line-ups (from karlyboy71, Twitter) Rio Preto EC 12 Rosany - 5 Jessica, 10 Mari, 19 Simeia, 21 Leticia, 22 Dimenor, 6 Kah, 8 Fafa, 9 Suzana, 18 Maria, 2 Edilaine SCCP Corinthians 12 Leticia - 99 Erika, 8 Ana Vitoria, 2 Katiuscia, 3 Pardal, 30 Tamires, 10 Gabi Zanotti, 14 Millene, 17 Yasmin, 9 Marcela, 16 Adriana
And they're live now. Beautiful weather in São José do Rio Preto. The CBF's gone all-out on streaming it on lots of sites, like every FA should. (And doesn't.) As well as Youtube, the game is on - https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNxaXLqpObJj (message 5 mins ago) - facebook.com/CBF/videos/316972575748636/ - facebook.com/CorinthiansFeminino/videos/512915535891943/
Around 15:10 local time, Match is underway - Rio Preto won a corner in the first minute, something something high press
7th minute, Adriana (Corinthians no 16) had the best chance so far, clean through on goal against RP goalkeeper Rosany, but Adriana hit it wide to the right 7| 1°T MINHA NOSSA SENHORA EU NÃO ACREDITO QUE ESSA BOLA NÃO ENTROU!Adriana recebe, sai de duas marcadoras e toca na saída da goleira. A bola passa raspando a trave direita do Rio preto.#RIOXCOR— Portal Corinthians Futebol Feminino (@sccpfeminino) October 20, 2018
26' Drinks break, it's been fairly even so far. The temperature is 29°C (84°F) in São José do Rio Preto.
29' An incident with two yellow cards, one for each player - an elbow and retaliation between defender Pardal (Corinthians) and striker Leticia (Rio Preto). Minutes later, Edilaine (Rio Preto no 2) is also booked for a foul.
A few close calls at Corinthians' end of the field, including a free-kick from Rio Preto's Maria on the right flank, tipped over by Letícia Izidoro. But then, 45+1', Goal Corinthians: Marcela crosses from the left for Adriana to head the ball into the right corner of the net.
Away goals don't count as a tiebreaker in these playoffs, so things aren't so drastic for home teams. The CBF announced that away goals did count, before the Corinthians-Flamengo game, but other clubs' web pages (and the CBF's own rulebook!) seem to contradict it. Three more bookings in the 2nd half so far - ref Rejane Caetano da Silva is running a tight ship 75' Substitutes in - Carol for Rio Preto, Kamilla for Corinthians.
It's over - 1st leg match report with the minute-by-minute updates: - www.globoesporte.globo.com/sp/tem-esporte/jogo/20-10-2018/rio-preto-corinthians-feminino.ghtml (Archived) So, on Friday night, Corinthians are going for their first Brasileirão Feminino title, in front of a home crowd at Parque São Jorge. Funny that they've been the continental champions but never Brazilian champions... but there you go. Apparently the club existed from 1997-2008, then it was disbanded for 8 years. Stadium at Parque São Jorge (pic: Anderson Bueno Pereira, cc-by-sa)
There are some 1st-leg highlights on CBF. And the finale, it's live on Friday evening American time: Corinthians x Rio Preto 2nd leg at Parque São Jorge, São Paulo, Oct 27 Kickoff: Friday 7.30pm ET U.S. / 20:30 BRT / 23:30 GMT
Or Oct 26, whatever day it is. Video is online now. Teams and changes* for the 2nd leg: SCCP Corinthians 12 Leticia - 99 Erika, 8 Ana Vitoria, 16 Adriana, 10 Gabi Zanotti, 3 Pardal, 2 Katiuscia, 9 Marcela, 14 Millene, 30 Mimi Tamires, 17 Yasmin Rio Preto EC 12 Rosany - 4* Thais, 5 Jessica, 18 Maria, 22 Dimenor, 9 Suzana, 17* Carol, 2 Edilaine, 6 Kah, 10 Mari, 19* Simeia Some preview articles: today will be Jessica's final game for Rio Preto after 19 years; interview with her teammate, star striker Letícia a.k.a. Negona a.k.a. Lelê; and on the Corinthians side, midfield duo Gabi Zanotti and Ana Vitória. And here's what they're playing for tonight: (trophy photo by Alex Tobias, Twitter)
Champions are decided, 2nd leg is over and done with. Match report, autotranslated: Gazeta Esportiva, gazetaesportiva.com (Archived) And the match highlights: Also a little film about the 2 games, with interviews: É CAMPEÃO! BASTIDORES da conquista do CORINTHIANS no BRASILEIRÃO FEMININO 2018 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PZ3BAslGXw