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Seedorf Begins Rapid Overhaul at Corinthians

Aimed at quick results, the coach is intensifying training, elevating the psychologist’s role and changing in-club media to shift the squad’s mood before the next league match.

Overview

  • Seedorf took charge in mid-October and has already reorganized daily routines at CT Joaquim Grava by scheduling two-training sessions per day to raise intensity and focus on defensive compactness and fast transitions.
  • He has instructed the team psychologist, Anahy Couto, to take a more active role in practices by observing player behavior, giving feedback to staff and increasing one-on-one sessions with athletes.
  • The coach requested that in-club televisions stop showing schedules and results and instead display positive images of goals and victories to change the environment inside the training center.
  • Seedorf opened his tenure with a motivational message that the team will exit its crisis and received a morale-boosting visit from club idol Emerson Sheik while preparing for the upcoming match at Neo Química Arena.
  • These moves are early-stage and focused on culture and process, so the immediate test will come in the next league game as the club measures whether training, psychology and image changes produce on-field improvement.