Carlos Miguel hails Palmeiras’ progress: “Everyone in sync” | OneFootball

Carlos Miguel was decisive in Palmeiras’ 1-0 victory over Corinthians last Sunday, in the seventh round of the Campeonato Paulista. With crucial saves, he kept a clean sheet on his return to Neo Química Arena. The number 1 highlighted the squad’s evolution at the start of the season and praised the work of the coaching staff led by Abel Ferreira.

“Our start to the year was very different, out of the ordinary, because we began with very few days and a lot of games. But we managed to rotate everyone, almost the whole team has played, got minutes, and that’s very important. We’re already qualified in the Paulistão, with everyone playing and performing. In training, the dedication was extreme, in every sense—focus, concentration, and tactical work,” he said.

“We also have to value our coach’s ability to teach us so many things in such a short time, because we had very little time to train, to get into rhythm and build up physically. The most important thing is that we’re qualified, we’re unbeaten in the Brasileiro, and we’ll keep going, we’ll fight to improve more and more every day and to add more points and victories,” he continued.

“Day by day, we receive a lot of information, videos too, about playing style, new ways of playing, how to present ourselves to our teammates, how the team should approach things, and that strengthens the collective. Everyone is very focused on improving for themselves, for the club, and for the team. Now the final stages of the Paulistão will begin and we’re much more adapted to each other collectively, everyone in sync, which is very important,” he assured.

Carlos Miguel at Palmeiras

The goalkeeper was signed by Palmeiras in mid-2025 and initially started as a backup to Weverton, who left the club at the beginning of this year. He took over the starting position at the end of last year after his former teammate’s injury and has continued this season, keeping Lomba on the bench.

So far, Carlos Miguel has kept 11 clean sheets in 19 matches for Palmeiras. With 57.8% of matches without conceding a goal, he boasts the best rate among all 18 goalkeepers who have played this century, followed by Weverton (48%) and Marcelo Lomba (40%).

“All I can do is be grateful, in the last match I was able to help and I’m there to help the team. I hope I can be there many more times to contribute as much as I can, and I have to thank my teammates too, many times they’ve helped me as well, with everyone running for each other, everyone helping each other. That way, we’ll get there in the end,” he declared.

Palmeiras’ Situation in the Brasileiro

Palmeiras is unbeaten in the national tournament and is in second place with four points. In the last round, they thrashed Vitória 5-1 at Arena Barueri to claim their first win. In their debut, they drew 2-2 with Atlético-MG at Arena MRV. Now, Verdão is aiming for their first away win against Internacional.

“Playing away is always tough, but we have to go in focused and committed. We know what we have to do when we step onto the pitch to come away with the win, which will be very important for us. We’ll fight from start to finish to leave there with all three points,” projected Carlos Miguel.

Palmeiras’ Next Match

Match: Internacional vs Palmeiras Competition: Campeonato Brasileiro (3rd round) Date and time: February 12, 2026 (Thursday), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) Venue: Estádio Beira-Rio, in Porto Alegre (RS)

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