Da Bonja celebrates goal after injury return, hails Corinthians win | OneFootball

Corinthians earned their first victory in the 2026 National Futsal League (LNF) by defeating Magnus 2-0 on the night of last Friday (03), at Ginásio Wlamir Marques. The goals in the black-and-white team’s win were scored by Fabinho and Da Bonja. With the result, Timão reaches three points in two matches and climbs to seventh place in the table.

One of the standout performers in the match, Da Bonja found the net again after a long period sidelined by injury and experienced a special moment wearing the Corinthians shirt. In the mixed zone, the player spoke about the emotion of the goal and the overcoming involved in his recovery process.

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“Good evening, everyone. I think everything happens in God’s time. Like you said, last year I wasn’t able to be on the court helping my teammates, I had a serious injury, but I worked hard all season so that this year we could reap the rewards, like I said. At the moment of the goal, I’m not used to scoring many goals, and when I scored I got emotional because it was nine months, one year after the injury. I think it was very emotional to score in a derby, we needed the win, but the whole group embraced me. I think we deserve congratulations today for the victory,” he said.

The black-and-white No. also detailed the goal-scoring play, highlighting the coincidence and the feeling he experienced in that moment.

“Man, it felt like I had prophesied the goal. Rodrigo, my physiotherapist, was putting the boot on my foot. I told him, today I feel like I’m going to score a goal. And it’s going to be with these shoes here, which are new. Then he said, well then, may God bless it. When Caio took the shot, I saw the ball was curling and I said, this ball is going to hit the post. I ran and it fell to my foot, the foot I had mentioned, and I think God blessed it after a season in which I didn’t play, when I had an injury. And God blessed that in a derby too, which is very important. Getting our first home win, together with the fans, I think it was very good.”

Next, Da Bonja commented on the squad’s rebuilding process after recent changes and highlighted the group’s improvement throughout the season.

“Good evening. I think everyone knows we had important losses, I think it was six players, right? And some people came up from the youth academy, plus two new people. I think at the start of the work everyone was getting to know each other. In Gramado we were getting to know each other a little more, but I think now everyone is already in sync, and from here on I think it’s going to be very good,” he added.

The player also spoke about leadership within the squad after Deives’ departure, stressing the importance of a more collective approach in that regard.

“Man, Deives was our biggest leader here, he’s a guy who made history here at Corinthians, but as Malafaia says, everyone has to be a leader. But I see Lucas, the goalkeeper, Lucas Martins, Fabinho, Caio, Renatinho, the older guys, the more experienced ones, passing on experience to us younger guys. But I think each person has their share of being a leader here in this group.”

Finally, Da Bonja highlighted his individual growth throughout the season after gradually returning to matches and the coaching staff’s care during the recovery process.

“Good evening. I think they were a little careful with me at the beginning, especially because I was coming back from an injury. I had a knee ligament injury, my hamstring was also still bothering me. I think they took extra care with me too, and I started getting into matches, finding my rhythm, regaining confidence, which is something important after an injury like that. And today I think I had a little more time to help my teammates, but everything happens in God’s time,” Da Bonja concluded.

After the positive result, Corinthians now turn their attention to the rest of the season. Their next match will be on Wednesday (08), at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time), against Praia Grande, at Ginásio Wlamir Marques, in the Paulista Futsal Championship.

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