What’s going on with injured forward Kaio César at Corinthians | OneFootball

On the night of last Sunday, Corinthians drew 1-1 with Flamengo at the Neo Química Arena, in the eighth round of the Brazilian Championship. Recently recovered from a muscle injury in his right thigh, forward Kaio César suffered a new issue in the same area and ended up being left out of the squad list once again.

Kaio César was diagnosed with a grade 2 injury to the posterior muscle of his right thigh on February 6. After just over a month of recovery, the player returned to the field in the derby against Santos, on March 15. On that occasion, he started the match to replace the injured Yuri Alberto.

A few days later, however, the forward suffered a recurrence. As reported by the club itself, the athlete experienced discomfort in his right thigh and was not included in the squad against Chapecoense last Thursday. The situation evolved in recent days and, although it did not become a new injury, it turned into a perifibrotic inflammation in the affected area of the posterior thigh muscle.

(Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians)

Given the medical situation, Kaio César was left out of the match against Flamengo, played last Sunday. Dorival Júnior then explained the coaching staff's approach regarding the player's return. The coach revealed that the forward did not report any discomfort during the derby against Santos and said that if he had known about the pain, he would have acted differently.

Kaio César started the game against Santos but was substituted around the 20th minute of the second half. Garro came on in his place.

Despite this, the coach absolved the player of blame, understanding the moment and the importance of the match. The manager also believes that the player's physical problem is not serious.

“He didn’t say anything, I don’t know if it was because of the moment, or the necessity. And since he had been important, maybe he wanted to stay, thinking it was something temporary. I’ve done that myself. That was the doubt that arose. If he had told me, I would have changed my mind and taken him out. But he didn’t say anything. It’s a shame, because it ended up causing even more discomfort and that kept him out of the last two matches. I don’t think it’s serious. He tried to return to training the day before yesterday, felt something, and withdrew again,” Dorival added.

Kaio César will have time to recover and try to be available to the coaching staff for Timão’s next match, since Brazilian football has paused for the FIFA international break. Brazil will play two friendlies during this period, against France and Croatia. Alvinegro goalkeeper Hugo Souza has been called up.

Corinthians will only return to the field on April 1, a Wednesday, to face Fluminense. The match will kick off at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at the Maracanã, for the ninth round of the Brasileirão.

Upcoming Corinthians Matches

Fluminense vs Corinthians (ninth round of the Brazilian Championship) Date and time: 04/01 (Wednesday), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) Venue: Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Corinthians vs Internacional (tenth round of the Brazilian Championship) Date and time: 04/05 (Sunday), at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) Venue: Neo Química Arena, in São Paulo (SP)

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