Igor Coronado seeks space at Corinthians after adaptation, injury and only 22 minutes on the field | corinthians

Without games, Corinthians trains and concentrates players at CT

One of Corinthians’ most popular reinforcements for the season, Igor Coronado is looking to restart his brief career with the club. There were only 22 minutes played the only time he entered the field so far.

The midfielder was injured in the debut match, against Santo André, at Neo Química Arena, in the penultimate round of the first phase of the Campeonato Paulista. There were 19 days of recovery and now the expectation of returning to compete for a place in the team.

Hired in the second half of February, Igor Coronado missed the pre-season with the squad and needed two weeks to be able to make his debut for the club. The injury in the first match hindered the player’s goals in his first experience playing in Brazil.

At 31, he came to football in England, a country he moved to with his parents when he was still a child, passing through Switzerland, Malta, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, where he played for the last two and a half seasons until he hit the ground running. two-year contract with Corinthians.

Born in Londrina, the restart of Coronado’s career at Corinthians should be precisely in Paraná, against the team from his hometown, in a friendly match that will be held in Cascavel, Wednesday, at 8pm.

Coronado should be included in the only test that António Oliveira will promote before the debut in the Copa Sudamericana, on April 2, against Racing, in Uruguay, in the resumption of the black and white calendar after the early elimination in Paulistão.

With a team considered to be a well-designed starter, António Oliveira did not rule out, for example, that Coronado and Rodrigo Garro could play together in Corinthians’ midfield. At this moment, however, the Brazilian is behind in the dispute.

– Talented people will always have space on my teams. The team also plays without the ball. Obviously they had little time together, but Rodrigo has been stimulated and requested in the last few games. He is a name that is not so used to the sequence of games, so it is normal for him to start making some wrong decisions.

– We have to look within the club, within the team. Igor occupied spaces. They are two talented players, who associate well, perceive the game in the same way. They are two great players and, therefore, have the possibility of playing together – said the coach, after Coronado’s debut.

Coronado traveled around the world before arriving at Corinthians

Corinthians last entered the field for an official match on March 14, when they eliminated São Bernardo and advanced to the third phase of the Copa do Brasil.

Timão will play two games in the South American Championship before their debut in the Brasileirão, scheduled for the weekend of April 13th and 14th. On the 2nd, they visit Racing, in Uruguay, and on the 9th they host Nacional, from Paraguay, at the Neo Química Arena.

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