Men's football: Corinthians start August with Copa do Brasil test | OneFootball

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Corinthians kick off the busy month of August with a major Brazilian football derby. At 7:30 p.m. this Sunday (08/02), at Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre-RS, Timão face Internacional in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil round of 16. The match will be broadcast on the Amazon Prime platform.

In addition to the Copa do Brasil matches, Alvinegro will also have the CONMEBOL Libertadores round of 16 and important fixtures in the Brazilian Championship this month.

As the current Copa do Brasil champions, Timão reached the round of 16 of the country’s most democratic competition after eliminating Barra-SC with two 1-0 wins. Jesse Lingard, at Ressacada, and Yuri Alberto, at Neo Química Arena, scored the goals that secured qualification. Internacional eliminated Athletic-MG with two wins, 2-1 and 3-2.

Aware of the importance of this match, midfielder André wants a very focused Corinthians side to minimize the chances of mistakes in Porto Alegre-RS. Despite being only 20 years old, the Terrão academy graduate shows great maturity in facing this away challenge.

"We’re going to approach it in the best way possible. We trained hard during the week to go there (Beira-Rio) and play a good match. The guys who recovered from the game against Athletico are 100% and ready to be strong and sharp. It’s a game of details, a knockout game. I believe it will be decided by the small details. Whoever makes fewer mistakes will come away with qualification," André shared.

Corinthians completed preparations for the first round-of-16 match on Saturday morning (08/01) at CT Dr. Joaquim Grava. Timão’s day began with a tactical instruction video in the Flexform briefing room. After strength work in the gym and a warm-up on the pitch, the squad carried out two tactical exercises under coach Fernando Diniz. Set-piece plays were also practiced.

Corinthians and Internacional faced each other in the 2009 Copa do Brasil final. In the first leg, at Pacaembu, Timão won 2-0 with goals from Jorge Henrique and Ronaldo. In the return leg, at Beira-Rio, André Santos and Jorge Henrique found the net in the 2-2 draw that gave Alvinegro its third Copa do Brasil title.

Check out Timão’s challenges this August:

08/02 – Internacional x Corinthians – Copa do Brasil08/06 – Corinthians x Internacional - Copa do Brasil08/09 – Red Bull Bragantino x Corinthians – Brazilian Championship08/13 – Rosario Central x Corinthians – CONMEBOL Libertadores08/16 – Corinthians x Cruzeiro – Brazilian Championship08/20 – Corinthians x Rosario Central – CONMEBOL Libertadores08/23 – Coritiba x Corinthians – Brazilian Championship08/30 – Corinthians x Santos – Brazilian Championship (date to be confirmed)

Check out the images from this Saturday’s training session (08/01) on Corinthians TV:

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