Corinthians finish prep for Coritiba, midfielder stresses game's importance | OneFootball

After securing a place in the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals, Corinthians now turns its attention back to the Brazilian Championship. Timão faces Coritiba this Sunday (23) at 7:30 p.m. at Couto Pereira Stadium in Curitiba, in the 24th round of the competition. The match will be broadcast on Premiere.

With only two days to prepare for the clash, the Corinthians squad held its final training session on Saturday morning (22) before traveling to Paraná. The activities began with a tactical instruction video in the briefing room. Then, the players did activation work in the gym and took part in a warm-up focused on passing drills and movement.

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Under coach Fernando Diniz, the group carried out two tactical sessions, in addition to specific set-piece work. The coach, however, will have an important absence for the match: midfielder Rodrigo Garro is suspended after receiving his third yellow card in the previous round and will not be available.

Corinthians heads into the 24th round in ninth place, with 32 points, just one ahead of Coritiba. The São Paulo black-and-white side is looking to build on the momentum from its Libertadores win to get back to winning ways in the Brasileirão and move closer to the top spots in the table.

Defensive midfielder Allan, who ended up missing the Libertadores win due to a suspension following a red card, highlighted the importance of turning the confidence gained in the continental tournament into results in the national league as well, in order to climb the standings.

“Now it’s time to switch gears. The game there (in Paraná) matters a lot to us, especially to move up the standings. So it’s about recovering whoever needs to recover and going there to get the three points. That last Libertadores match gave us confidence. We’re going into this game with our confidence sky-high. It’s a different competition, we need the result, and we know how important this game is,” said the No. 29.

With the teams close together in the table, the clash against Coritiba takes on added importance in the battle for position. For Corinthians, an away win could represent an important step in trying to climb the standings and establish a positive run this season.

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