Mano Menezes’ Corinthians: Changes in Squad and Player Rankings

Corinthians has been changing its face since the last change of coach, and Mano Menezes has established some new priorities when choosing players. In the three games under the new management, some gained more space, and others lost ground.

Mano maintains his personality in his third spell at Corinthians

The coach has already publicly warned that the time on the field for each player will depend on their performance in training, not on their previous performances, even with Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

– We will respect performance after my arrival, because (before that) I don’t know what was asked of the team. They were different concepts, different methodologies, so when I arrive, I will take them into account – warned Mano Menezes last week.

The sample of Mano Menezes’ Corinthians is still small, after all the team only played three games with the coach: they suffered two defeats, to São Paulo and Fortaleza, and drew against Flamengo before this FIFA Date. Only three players played every minute of these games: Cássio, Gil and Maycon.

1 of 2 Mano Menezes has been at Corinthians for two weeks and is testing the squad — Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians Mano Menezes has been at Corinthians for two weeks and is testing the squad — Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians

Who gained space with Mano

Other attackers have also had more space: Felipe Augusto had not played for eight games before starting Mano’s debut, he also started well against Flamengo and was praised. Gustavo Mosquito made his first appearance as a starter in 2023 with the new coach, after eight games coming off the bench.

Cantillo, Matheus Araújo and Rafael Ramos were forgotten with Luxa, but now they have a new chance. The midfielder already has more minutes with Mano than he had with his predecessor, while the full-back and midfielder even trained with the starting lineup this week. It is unlikely that the trio will cut the queue and become a priority, but at least they will be considered as an option again.

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Who lost space with Mano

The math is simple: for someone to move up the roster, another player needs to move down. These are the cases of Pedro and Wesley in the attack. The first has not yet started with Mano, despite having started playing three times in a row in the final stretch with Luxa; and the second became Romero’s mirror, as one was always replaced by the other in the last three games.

The black and white squad trained in two schedules last Saturday and had a day off this Sunday. There are three days of preparation left until Thursday’s game against Fluminense, at Maracanã, in the 27th round of the Brasileirão.

2 of 2 Wesley in Corinthians training; attacker lost space with Mano — Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Ag. Corinthians Wesley in Corinthians training; attacker lost space with Mano — Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Ag. Corinthians

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2023-10-15 07:01:29
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