The 42-year-old coach has a chance to win another title for the Parque São Jorge team this Sunday, against Ferroviária, at the Neo Química Arena
After the goalless draw in the first leg, Corinthians faces Railroad this Sunday, at 4pm, at the Neo Química Arena, for the second match of Brazilian Women’s Championship 2023. This is the opportunity to do it Arthur Elijah win another title for the Parque São Jorge team before taking over for the first time Brazilian women’s team. The match will be broadcast by Globe (TV open) e Sports TV (channel closed). The official departure of the Corinthians team takes place after the team’s participation in the Copa Libertadores, between 5 and 21 October.
A Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced Arthur Elias as successor to Swede Pia Sundhage at the helm of the women’s team on Friday 1 September. The 42-year-old coach will lead the national team until the 2027 World Cup, which could be hosted in Brazil. In his words, he will have the mission of “regaining the protagonism of the national team” and “bringing results in the short term”, citing next year’s Paris Olympic Games. The women’s team has no friendly matches scheduled and the coach will use the period to train with the group in Granja Comary, in Teresópolis (RJ).
Arthur Elias has become the favorite to take on the new women’s team project after building a winning cycle at Corinthians. Counting the club’s partnership period with Osasco Audax, there are 14 titles in seven years of work. Previously, he coached Nacional-AC and worked as supervisor of women’s football and coach of Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico (Adeco), the team with which he surprised and won the 2013 Brazilian championship, his first as a professional .
Arthur Elias’ connection with Corinthians began in 2016, when he was hired to coach Audax, a team with which the Juventus club entered into a partnership to meet the requirements of Profut – a program to help pay debts with the government – and, subsequently, of the Conmebol (South American Football Confederation). The uniforms and team names changed depending on the competition and the partnership bore fruit already in the first year, with Audax winning the Copa do Brasil against São José, and then crossing borders the following season with the Libertadores title , on penalties, against Colo -Colo, from Chile.
The partnership between Audax and Corinthians ended in 2018, but Arthur Elias’ promising work led to him being invited by the Corinthians board to lead the club’s new women’s football project. The coach then helped build the hegemony of women’s football in the country. There have been four Brazilian championship titles (2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022), three state titles (2019, 2020 and 2021), two Libertadores (2019 and 2021), two Brazilian Super Cups (2022 and 2023) and one Copa Paulista ( 2022). ).
In addition to individual successes and recognitions, Arthur Elias racked up important numbers at Corinthians. He is the third with most professional football matches for the Parque São Jorge club, behind Oswaldo Brandão and Tite, both from the men’s team. The coach is also the professional who has spent the most consecutive time in charge of a professional football team, remaining in that position for eight seasons.
Penta’s opportunity
Although he still has commitments with Corinthians in the Libertadores after the end of the Brasileirão, Sunday’s match will be Arthur Elias’ last in front of the fans at the Neo Química Arena before saying goodbye to the club. It can be said that Corinthians is the favorite for the duel with Ferroviária, which could give the Itaquera club the fifth Brazilian title in the category. The Juventus team had the best season in the first phase, with 37 points (12 wins, one draw and two defeats). The team also has the best attack, with 53 goals, and the least permeable defense, with only eight goals conceded.
Corinthians fans are encouraged by the fact that Corinthians have won all their matches at the Neo Química Arena with Arthur Elias on the sidelines (16 wins, with 44 goals scored and ten conceded). On the other hand, Ferroviária, the greatest champion of the women’s Brasileirão together with Kindermann, with ten titles, has never lost a final of the competition. After the 0-0 first leg, Arthur Elias commented on his expectations for the final.
“May it be a great day. May I conclude this journey, coaching Corinthians, with something that represented a lot. It was a winning team and I will work to achieve this goal together with this fantastic group of athletes that I have.”
The champion of the Brasileirão Feminino will receive R$1.2 million and the runner-up R$600,000. According to the CBF, the amounts paid by the organization in this year’s edition are 20% higher than last year, when there was already an increase in the amount of 550% compared to the previous year. Even so, it is a far cry from the money paid in the men’s tournament, R$50 million.
Source: Terra
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