Corinthians assistant: Memphis and Garro played few minutes v Santos | OneFootball

After Corinthians’ 3-1 defeat to Santos on Wednesday at Vila Belmiro in the Brazilian Championship, Dorival’s assistant and son, Lucas Silvestre, explained the limited minutes for Memphis Depay and Rodrigo Garro in the derby. The duo, regular starters for the team, began on the bench and only came on in the 22nd minute of the match.

Lucas said the strategy was planned in agreement with the club’s medical and physiology departments. The idea was to preserve the players physically, given that Garro is coming back from a calf injury and Memphis played for the Netherlands during the FIFA break, therefore he was more fatigued than the others.

“Garro has been out for a while. It was agreed with the player, the medical department, and the physiology team that he would be available for only 25 to 30 minutes. Same with Memphis, due to what happened during the previous FIFA window. That’s why they didn’t return after halftime. We need to think about the sequence so these players can have a longer run. It was necessary for them to play only 25 to 30 minutes,” the assistant justified.

Starters on Saturday?

The assistant believes that Garro and Memphis could start, or at least get more minutes, in Corinthians’ next game, against Atlético-MG, this Saturday.

“Memphis, I believe, is able to play 90 minutes or a good part of the game. I believe it will be the same with Garro; we’ll see how he progresses. He was out for quite some time. We’ll see how he recovers so we can decide,” he projected.

Standings situation

With the setback in the derby, Corinthians stayed on 32 points, in 12th place. Timão, however, could drop one spot in the table if Grêmio pick up points against São Paulo this Thursday in Porto Alegre at 7 p.m.

Corinthians’ next match

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