Defender praises Corinthians’ set-pieces, values Derby point | OneFootball

Corinthians hosted Palmeiras on the night of last Sunday, August 31, at the Neo Química Arena, in a match valid for the 22nd round of the Brazilian Championship, and drew by a score of 1 x 1. After the duel against the rival, defender Gustavo Henrique analyzed and spoke about the team's goal, which came from a set piece, and valued the evolution of Timão in this type of play.

"We always train (set pieces). We played a super difficult, super tense game on Wednesday and we traveled the next day. We had little training time, but we already have an idea of set piece play. We train a lot based on what our opponent presents and, thank God, I was able to contribute", the defender began in a press conference.

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"Certainly (the set piece is a weapon of Corinthians). I think that, nowadays, set pieces define games. It's very well studied. Practically all teams have a professional just from this area. We know that it defines a game. Today, once again, we trained, worked, saw the weak point of the opposing team and managed to score a goal.", he continued.

"But, really, as I said, these are details that we see in video, a lot of video about our opponents. And today it makes a total difference to have a professional well specialized in the area", the defender concluded.

Gustavo Henrique also spoke about the result of the match and valued the point won by the team amid many important absences. Even so, the player pointed out that Corinthians could have been more aggressive in the second half of the Derby.

"I believe that given the circumstances of the game (it's a good result), we had many absences... First time, if I'm not mistaken, that Charles plays on the side. We also had an absence of Matheus Bidu. Of course, the more we play together, the more we generate understanding.", said the defender,

"Today, we faced an opponent who trained all week, while we were playing a super important midweek game. They can study our team a lot, but even so we matched", he continued.

"Of course, I think that in the second half we could have tried to play more with the ball. But, as I said, many times it gets tiring, we sometimes need to lower the line. Also because on the other side there is a lot of quality. The players were fresh.", Gustavo Henrique continued.

"New players came in to give speed to their attack. But we behaved very well in defense. I think we could have, with the ball, attacked a bit more in the second half", the defender concluded.

Corinthians will only play again on September 10, Wednesday, against Athletico-PR for the return match of the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil, at the Neo Química Arena, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time). Brazilian football will take a break for the FIFA Date.

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