Corinthians futsal keeper lauds form, targets LNF season finale

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·13 novembre 2025

Corinthians futsal keeper lauds form, targets LNF season finale

By Daniel Keppler / Central do Timão Editorial Team

On the evening of this Tuesday (11), Corinthians visited Magnus at Arena Sorocaba for the second leg of the National League (LNF) quarterfinals and won in overtime by a score of 2-1, after being defeated in regulation time 5-3. The result put the Alvinegro in the semifinals of the national competition, where they will face Campo Mourão. In the first match, at Wlamir Marques, the Corinthians team had already won 4-2.

After the match, goalkeeper Lucas Oliveira spoke to the press, celebrating the qualification against a rival: “For us, on the court, it’s sensational. A game worthy of Corinthians, worthy of a national, world-class classic, worthy of Brazilian futsal. We played a great game there, today we suffered the comeback. The important thing is that we didn’t lose our heads, we knew we needed a goal in overtime. We got it, a fantastic goal from Marlon. We conceded a goal on the first play with the flying goalkeeper, but we always stayed in the game.”

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He went on to talk about the importance of mental stability to always stay in the game. “This mental aspect, in these decisive games, is also very important. Now it’s time to rest, because Thursday there’s already another semifinal, right, away from home, it will be another tough game, but it’s Corinthians and we can’t complain. We always have to show up with this shirt here, where it deserves to be,” he said.

The goalkeeper recalled his time at Magnus, defeated this Tuesday: “It’s like a movie. I played here for many years, had clashes against Corinthians, but after I left, I also had great moments here with Corinthians, right. I think what’s most special is playing this national classic. Packed there, packed here, I’m sure the futsal world stopped to watch a game like this and all of us on the court managed to put on a show worthy of Corinthians and Magnus.”

Lucas emphasized that the team is ready to win the LNF again, but reminded that there’s still a semifinal to play: “Emphasize that we still have two very tough games against Campo Mourão. It’s a team from Paraná, always very strong. We play the deciding game at home, that’s important. But we’ve gained momentum, in a way. We had a classic against Carlos Barbosa in the round of 16, we advanced. We had another classic here against Magnus, we advanced too.”

He valued the arrival of reinforcements throughout the season. “And so, our team, whoever came, it was already a great team at the start of the year. The reinforcements that arrived now, mid-year, came to add. Man, Marlon, what a player, the goal he scored, unbelievable. I think he’s confident to reach a final, but also knowing it’s going to be much harder than the quarterfinals were.” he stated.

The goalkeeper recalled his health problems this year and his comeback. “It was a complicated year for me, I had a wrist injury, then hepatitis, I was even in the ICU. But I came back, I worked. Jonathan, the goalkeeper coach, helped me a lot. Kelvin, Koji too, we’re really tight there. And today it showed. I played, did well, Kelvin also did well when he came in. And that’s it, man. That’s what we need. To have the ingredients to reach a final.” he emphasized.

Finally, Lucas recalled Campo Mourão’s rise in the LNF, which brought them to the semifinals, again projecting difficulties for the Alvinegro, but also reinforcing the team’s other competition this year, the state championship: “Last year we fell short, we didn’t reach the Paulista final. And now we have an away game this Thursday (for the semifinal). Everyone will be tired, but that’s no excuse. We have to play a great game there. Because we also have the home advantage. But winning the away game, we come much more relaxed for the second game.”

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