“Corinthians Players Highlight Need for Psychological Work and Confidence Ahead of Sao Paulo Derby”

After the 3-0 defeat by Botafogo, the Corinthians players highlighted the psychological work that needs to be done and looked at the derby against São Paulo as a possibility to turn the key and gain confidence in the Brazilian Championship.

What happened

The Corinthians players left the Nilton Santos stadium with their heads down after the defeat to Botafogo.

The only ones who gave an interview in the mixed zone were striker Róger Guedes and midfielder Roni.

Roni stressed the importance of working psychologically for the derby against São Paulothis Sunday (14th), when he will defend the invincibility in the history of Neo Química Arena against Tricolor:

We have to prepare ourselves physically, mentally, be strong and it’s another game. Lift your head, go up. And this taboo is important to us. Important game. It’s lifting your head and working. There’s not much to talk about”
Roni

Róger Guedes also hit the key of working the mentalbut admitted that the team has played below:

It’s more mental. Head up, train a lot this week, see what the teacher will ask us and donate, if you donate more. I think we have to try to play better too, try to make more plays. I think our team is missing out on that. I’ve been saying this for a while, that we need to play more.”
Roger Guedes

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Chance to gain confidence against Sao Paulo: “It’s a classic, motivation comes by itself. And of course, winning against São Paulo confidence also comes back. It’s the kind of game that people say is six points because it’s a classic. she will give us confidence for the course of the championship”.

What points is Corinthians sinning? “You have to work in general. The team is not managing to score, sometimes retaining the ball, applying pressure… We are tired of saying that we are always behind the scoreboard, we always have to run after the result”.