Corinthians Futsal head to Spain, players excited for tournament | OneFootball

Corinthians Futsal travels to Spain this Thursday (21) to play four matches against European teams. The alvinegra team will participate in the Torneo Internacional Mucho Más, the Copa Internacional Ciudad de Cartagena, and will also play a friendly match on Spanish soil. According to the club, all games will be broadcast by Corinthians TV.

Captain Deives highlighted the importance of Corinthians' return to Europe after five years, emphasizing the experience that facing top-level teams will provide to the squad and how these matches will serve as preparation for the final stretch of the season.

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“I'm sure it will be a great experience, mainly for the Corinthians Futsal brand. Obviously, Corinthians is known worldwide, but having this experience in Europe for the futsal department will certainly add value to our brand and project. It will be an experience where the athletes will have playing time, and we will have the opportunity to mix the entire squad for the final stretch of the season, which will be very important,” began the pivot in an interview published on the club's social networks.

“It will be two very cool experiences in the Torneo Internacional Mucho Más, which will be in the first two days, where we have the semifinal against Inter. And we expect to advance to the tournament final. Right after, we will have two more important matches against great teams.”, continued Deives.

“I'm sure this experience will be very valuable, mainly for the Corinthians Futsal brand, but also for the final stretch of the season, the playoffs of the National League and the Paulista Championship, where we will have the entire squad available, with game rhythm and sequence to arrive very strong”, completed.

Fernando Malafaia's team will debut on Saturday, the 23rd, against Inter Movistar, from Spain, at the Pabellón Polideportivo de Valdepeñas, in Ciudad Real, at 2 pm (Brasília time). The winner will face the winner of the match between Anderlecht, from Belgium, and Viña Albali Valdepeñas, from Spain, in the final scheduled for the 24th. The losers will dispute the third place on the same date.

In addition to the tournament, Corinthians will face ElPozo in a friendly match and Jimbee Cartagena in the Copa Internacional Ciudad de Cartagena, both from Spain, on August 26 and 28, still without confirmed times and locations. Both teams play in the Spanish first division and are classified for the Champions League of the modality, being in the final phase of preparation for the 2025/26 season.

The 21-year-old fixo Papagaio will experience his first experience with Corinthians on European soil. He highlighted the importance of the trip for his career and the preparation that the matches will represent for the sequence of the season.

“In the second half of the year, returning from the trip, we will already have important games against Joinville, Praia, among other big teams, both in the National League and in the Paulista Championship. Also in the final phases of the competitions, I believe that this will add a lot. This experience will count a lot for us, both in my personal resume and for the group, facing qualified teams, with a lot of individual and collective quality”, explained.

Fernando Malafaia will have the complete squad during the trip to Spain, including Lucas Oliveira, who missed the start of the season due to injury. The player highlighted the opportunity to get to know a new country and face top-level opponents, even if it's in friendly matches.

“Personally, I've never been to Spain to get to know the culture. Of course not for a long time, but to see the culture, to get to know the other teams. I've already played against Spanish teams in other countries. It will add a lot to my personal life and career, to get to know physical structures and the mentality of the Spanish. And, of course, for the team, to experience these games. They will be four high-level games. We're going to win, to make a great appearance. Corinthians, when they go, they go to win”, stated.

After the European tour, Corinthians returns to Brazil for the decisive phase of the 2025 season. The club will play the final matches of the first phase of the National Futsal League (LNF) and the Paulista Championship, in addition to eventual playoffs in case of classification.

The return to the courts in Brazil is scheduled for September 1st, when Timão faces Joinville, at the Ginásio Wlamir Marques, for the LNF. It is worth noting that Corinthians has already won the Taça São Paulo at the beginning of the season.

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