Corinthians Futsal duo rue fresh Liga Nacional setback, seek response | OneFootball

On the night of last Friday (15), Corinthians hosted Praia Clube at Ginásio Wlamir Marques, in Parque São Jorge, in a match valid for the sixth round of the National Futsal League (LNF), and was defeated 3-0. The result left the Corinthians side only in 11th place with four points — one win, one draw, and four defeats — with eight goals scored and 14 conceded.

Shortly after the final buzzer, still on the court, defender Lucas Martins (25) and pivot Fabinho (38) spoke to the press. Both lamented the team’s negative run in the national competition, talked about the team’s inefficiency in finishing plays, and demanded a quick reaction in the tournament — the two worst campaigns (15th and 16th) are relegated.

Photo: Lucas Martins on the left and Fabinho on the right / Reproduction: Central do Timão

Lucas Martins

Painful home defeat: “The feeling is very bad. We were unbeaten here at home. I believe we played a good game in the first half. We made mistakes in the second half that we just can’t make. National League matches are played at a very high level. Now we have to work, fix those mistakes. And we have to put Corinthians where it belongs. And we’re not doing that.”

Possible injury play: “The sole of my foot, I think it twisted into my ankle, the sole of my foot. But I managed to play until the end of the match, and that’s it, nothing serious.”

Focus on recovering in the tournament and demanding improvement: “We have to work, there’s not much else we can do, there are no excuses. Our fans came out and showed up in force, and we have to work to, like I said, leave Corinthians where it has to be. And we’re not doing our part. We have to play with more grit, stop conceding silly goals, and improve.”

Fabinho

Slip-up at home and a scenario similar to recent games: “Unfortunately, it’s been a pattern in our games, very similar to Cascavel, where we’re playing evenly, we get chances and don’t score. Then we get punished and the game changes completely. We have to keep working and turn this around, because we still have a lot to improve this year.”

Praia’s game strategy, overall LNF leader: “Praia has been doing this for a long time. And Praia has a different defense from almost every other team in the league. It’s a zone defense that makes reading the game a bit more difficult. And the way they play really drags the game out, with lots of possession, burning the clock. So it’s a very difficult game. We weren’t unprepared for that, and that’s not really where we lost ourselves, right? It was an unlucky moment in that play and they scored. But like I said, all that’s left for us is to work. We can’t make excuses. We have to work, bounce back, and get points.”

Low efficiency in finishing plays: “It’s a detail, right? A small detail called a goal. I think that from the moment we score, we change the opponent’s approach, I think we’re able to get into a better rhythm, and we haven’t been able to do that, especially here at home. In the dragged-out 0-0 game against Magnus, we managed to score late in the second half; against Cascavel, it was the same thing. So we need to be a little sharper to get on the scoreboard first, and that changes the whole tone of the game a lot.”

Next match

Timão now shifts its focus back to the Paulista Futsal Championship. Next Tuesday (19), at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), Alvinegro faces Pulo Futsal Campinas in the third round of the state tournament. In the first two rounds, Alvinegro won both matches.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.