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Seabra makes a mea culpa when explaining Sobral in his role as Coritiba's number 10: "Associative and creative"

São Paulo 1 x 1 Coritiba | Goals | 23rd round | Brasileirão 2026 The selection of Fernando Sobral as number 10 against São Paulo, given the absence of Josué, surprised the Coritiba fans. The choice of Fernando Seabra represents a change in the role of the midfielder, who originally played as a midfielder, but had been prepared by the coach to play more advanced. 🗞️ Read more news about Coritiba ✅ Click here and follow the ge Coritiba channel on WhatsApp 🔍 Add ge to your favorite Google sources The adaptation didn't start this week: Sobral had already played training games as a midfielder during the interseason and had been working in the position for around two months. The decision was also influenced by the absence of Brian Ocampo, who had been one of the options for the role and is also injured. With both players unavailable, the number 88 gained the opportunity to start among the starters at Morumbis. — Of course, they all have a certain versatility and can play other positions. We can use players because they have characteristics that allow them to play in more than one position, but in our logic, we have been working with the idea of ​​Josué, Brian and Sobral for this role. As Josué and Brian were not available, it was fair that Sobral, who has been working very well, had an opportunity — explained Seabra. Fernando Seabra, Coritiba coach JP Pacheco/Coritiba Change of assessment The use of Sobral as number 10 also involves a change in Seabra's assessment of the player. At the beginning of the season, the coach saw the midfielder much more as a number 8, with greater participation in the exit and organization in the center. With daily work, however, Seabra began to identify characteristics that could be better used in a more offensive role. The freedom to move, the associative capacity and the quality of the definition contributed to the change. — Making a sincere mea culpa, at the beginning of the season I saw Sobral much more as an 8 than a 10 and I tried to insist a lot so that he could carry out the missions from individual tactics to collective tactics as an 8 shirt — said the coach. — It took me a while to realize that, for what we need and for the way I put the team to play, according to his characteristics, which is a more free, associative and creative player, with good definition, it would make more sense for him in our game to work as number 10 — he concluded. The change began to be built during the Brazilian Championship break for the World Cup. Sobral began to be tested in training games against Internacional and Chapecoense in the position and also trained as a midfielder during the preparation period for the resumption of the competition. "We wanted to score points", Morisco values ​​Coritiba's draw No improvisation in the position Therefore, the choice against São Paulo was not an improvisation caused by Josué's injury. Seabra had already been monitoring the player's performance in his role and understood that he would arrive prepared to take on the responsibility. — During the pre-season, during the inter-season, I talked to him about it and he agreed. He was already working very well. He did the interseason friendlies and all the training sessions like 10. So, we were convinced that he would be trained. It wasn't something that came from this week. For us, this is something that has been clear for about two months — added Seabra. With 31 points, Coritiba occupies 10th place in the Brazilian Championship. Coxa returns to the field on Sunday, at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), when they host Corinthians, at Couto Pereira, for the 24th round of Série A. ge follows the game in Real Time. Fernando Sobral, Coritiba midfielder JP Pacheco/Coritiba More news from Paraná sport at ge.globo/pr