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After the third consecutive game without Corinthians winning or scoring goals, coach Dyego Coelho acknowledged that the team “has a lot to improve”, but said he saw progress, especially in defense.
This Saturday, Corinthians drew 0-0 with Red Bul Bragantino, in Nabi Abi Chedid, and remained close to the relegation zone of Brasileirão. In five games in charge of Timão, Coelho accumulates one wins, two losses and two draws, 26% usage.
– We have had two weeks of training, and we know that this evolution does not come quickly. One tactical situation that we did today and it worked was three players on the construction line behind and in the middle, to open the hall. They are succeeding, they are willing to do it, and our transition is beginning to be easier for us. We start to have a third man every time in a situation that we try to do in training. It gives me hope that we will have a better offensive situation. Of course we have a lot to improve, but it is work that will show our evolution – said the Corinthians commander.
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Coelho was asked about the Corinthians coaching demand and said he did not care about this situation. Dorival Júnior and Sylvinho, both unemployed, are the favorite names on the board. Dunga was also cited, but has lost steam in recent days.
– It doesn’t bother me at all. I work well from day to day, without worrying too much about it, ”Coelho declared.
Best moments: Bragantino 0-0 Corinthians for the 13th round of the Brazilian Championship
Timão returns to the field on Wednesday, in a classic against Santos, valid for the 14th day of Brasileirão, at Neo Química Arena, at 7pm.
See other excerpts from Coelho’s press conference:
– We fight for each game, trying to evolve, do things. We tactically seek that the players quickly understand what we are doing. Make an exit situation in three, with the full back entering to make the team have triangulations, a supported game, more or less that situation. And we will fight match by match, that’s all.
– We must be careful, it has been a long time without a game, without training ballast, so we have to worry about not losing the player now. We will work with physiology, physical preparation, keeping it activated, entering gradually.
Coelho watches the match between Bragantino x Corinthians – Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Ag.Corinthians
– I just congratulated Cantillo on the game he played. We try to do it, in training, with several players to do this function. In the first half I saw that he was not feeling well among the defenders, then I overtook him and I think he played a great game, especially in the second half. The balls only went into Cantillo, and he began to play the game as we asked.
Using the week for workouts
– The week is intense, it is a change in volume and intensity of work. This is what we need to explain better. When we talk about this, we will not have an evolution in the next game, but today we will come here to play against Bragantino, a competent team, and we will be able to compete with them, if we had the will, the week was intense, hard work, but we have to wait a bit for these things to happen. Today we saw that we fought more, the defensive part improved, we played better than the previous game, but we must bear in mind that the week was profitable to put a drag on the players.
Joe’s little involvement
– It is a situation of training, evolution to reach the attack and impose more and more in the opposite field. Today we try to make it easier for the ball to reach Jô and Boselli, that is our role in training.
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Coelho guides Luan and Jô – Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Ag.Corinthians
Did it motivate the team? Now is it tactic?
– That was what was missing. We put this into practice for players on a daily basis. As a matter of offensive and defensive evolution, you have noticed that we tried to get the side to enter, both in the last row and in the middle, to open a corridor to the points. Make Cantillo play more, invest with the tips, line up, have a support game, make Gabriel play in a situation where he is lighter, make Python reach a line of three, well, it’s a process that is not overnight. We are trying to do it in the best possible way.
Why didn’t the interval change?
– I realized that it was just a matter of adjusting to improve again for the second half, and that is what happened. We are working on evolution. We can’t score a goal, but we don’t. It is an evolution, there is no way. Take care of the defensive part, after the center and then for the attack. This takes time, we are trying to optimize it as soon as possible.
– I feel more and more willing to work and make things work as quickly as possible. Not just me, but the athletes. It is with work, with the day to day, there is no other situation. We are all together with one goal, that Corinthians win as soon as possible. I see it in the daily life of the players.
– I made the change simply because of a situation where we saw the opponent. Xavier did well in the games, but he is more the first midfielder, who worked well with Bahía, where we needed home. Gabriel is a guy who gives depth and a faster lap than Xavier, leaves the opponent with a little more doubt. When I pull Python to do it with Cantillo and Gabriel, he has this runner to make the ball easier to reach, so we have a little more quick transition and depth. That’s why Gabriel and not Xavier.