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Corinthians Coach Calls for Mid-Season Reinforcements Amid Pressure and Poor Record

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June 27, 2024

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Timão’s coach highlights the need for reinforcements in the mid-season transfer window. Use against Serie A teams is negligible

O Corinthians drew 1-1 with Cuiabá this Wednesday, at the Neo Química Arena, in a game valid for the 12th round of the Brazilian Championship. Marllon opened the scoring for the visitors, and Matheus Bidu equalized everything in the final stretch of the match.

With just one win in the competition, Corinthians has nine points in 18th place. In the next round of the Brasileirão, on Monday (July 1), Timão visits Palmeiras. After the match, António Oliveira analyzed performance and answered whether his work is at risk.

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António Oliveira under pressure at Corinthians

This is Corinthians’ worst start in the Brazilian Championship in terms of running points. The São Paulo club had never finished the 12th round with less than ten points won. António Oliveira was asked if he feels supported by the Timão board in his position.

“It is the first and last I will answer. They want to invite me to this circus, but I’m not going to join. I only do what I control. You have to talk to the president there in the mixed zone. Stay alert about this. I’m not going to go into that (subject)… You have to ask Fabinho (Soldado), the president. They are the ones who can respond (if I am under pressure),” he said.

“We had players who left. I won’t be here again. You have to understand the expectations. Understanding the group of players, who today gave themselves body and soul, but had ten unacceptable minutes”, added António Oliveira.

Coach wants reinforcements

This week, Antonio Oliveira had already made clear the need for reinforcements in the Corinthians squad. The coach once again highlighted that Timão’s group does not live up to expectations. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“What I want to say is this. We understand the size of the club. We have to understand whether the group of players meets the fans’ expectations. I’ve already told the players that I don’t give up on them. But the group is short for expectations,” he said.

Recently, president Augusto Melo commented that Corinthians will hire four reinforcements. According to the agent, all of them have the capacity to be Timão’s starters.

A victory against Serie A teams

What weighs against the coach’s continuity is the terrible record against teams from the first division of the Brasileirão. In 14 matches played, he has just one win (against Fluminense), six draws and six defeats.

This makes the António Oliveira’s use at Timão against first division teams is only 26,1%. In total, he has 29 games leading Corinthians, 12 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats. A use of 50,7%.

Communication with the boat was lost while five Ittihad Tangier players, including a first-team member and several hopefuls, were on board.

UPDATE

According to local media Le360, the passengers jumped into the water to swim, and strong winds then pushed the yacht away from the water. The Royal Gendarmerie and the Royal Navy managed to save three players, found more than 800 meters from the shore after an hour and a half of searching. Two other people are still missing. An investigation has been opened by the gendarmerie services following this incident. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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Padua: Mager, Oradini, Pennaforti and Piraino in the seeding

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July 7, 2024

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There are 13 Italian tennis players who have reached the decisive round of the qualifications of the “Canottieri Padova Open”, an ITF men’s tournament with a prize pool of 25 thousand dollars (red clay), now in its seventeenth edition. In the running for one of the eight places available for the main draw are…
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Madison Keys Forced to Retire Due to Injury at Wimbledon, Jasmine Paolini Advances to Quarter-Finals

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July 7, 2024

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A little drama unfolded on Court 1 at Wimbledon this Sunday. Madison Keys, in tears, had to resign herself to abandoning against Jasmine Paolini while she had narrowly escaped victory a few minutes earlier, leading 5-2 double break before injuring her left thigh and having to give up continuing this spectacular and emotional fight. The American, who had just conceded an ace, preferred to leave it there after 2 hours and 23 minutes of play, losing 6-3, 6-7(6), 5-5 (15-A) and letting her opponent slip away to her first quarter-final at Wimbledon. She will face another American, Coco Gauff or Emma Navarro.

The Roland-Garros finalist came within two points of victory in the deciding game of a second set that was already full of twists and turns, as she came back from 5-1, 40-15 down before losing on the wire. We thought we had settled the score. But that was without her extraordinary fighting spirit. And without the bad luck that struck Madison, of course. At 5-4, the latter left the court for a long medical timeout during which she had her left adductor strapped. But we quickly saw upon her return, when she could barely walk and push off on her legs, that it would be complicated. She tried to close on her serve but, once it was lost on a double fault, it was a lost cause.

A stroke of luck for the Italian but she fully deserves the good fortune that is currently accompanying her. She who had never won a match on grass before this year therefore follows a semi-final in Eastbourne with a first quarter-final here. She is the fifth Italian to reach the “big 8” in London after Laura Golarsa (1989), Silvia Farina Elia (2003), Francesca Schiavone (2009) and Camila Giorgi (2018). READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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