Corinthians return after Libertadores progress, focus on Brasileirão | OneFootball

After securing a place in the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals, Corinthians returned to training on Friday afternoon (21) at CT Dr. Joaquim Grava and began preparations for their next Brazilian Championship match. Timão will face Coritiba this Sunday (23), at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Couto Pereira Stadium, in Curitiba, Paraná, in the 24th round of the national competition.

The players who featured for more than 45 minutes in Thursday’s (20) 1-0 win over Rosario Central did recovery work indoors at the training center. The remaining players went out onto the pitch for a match-up exercise, which also included youngsters from the youth academy.

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Head coach Fernando Diniz will have just one more session before the match. The squad returns to training on Saturday morning (22) at CT Dr. Joaquim Grava before the delegation travels to the capital of Paraná, where it will remain based until kickoff against the home side.

Corinthians head into the clash looking for a win to move closer to the top of the Brazilian Championship table again. Timão currently sit in 9th place with 32 points from 23 matches — eight wins, eight draws, and seven defeats, with 25 goals scored and 22 conceded.

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