Paulinho gets hurt at Corinthians, cries and makes a promise

Paulinho got injured again and left the 0-0 draw between Corinthians It is Argentine Jrs with tears in her eyes. The defensive midfielder was in his third match as a starter Vanderlei Luxemburgo and playing a different role from what Alvinegro fans are used to seeing during their career. The athlete showed improvement, but, in a challenge, even at the beginning of the first half, he felt problems with his knee and had to be replaced.

Corinthians even seems to have been downcast with the departure of Paulinho. Before the injury, the player played the role of first defensive midfielder with quality and managed to set the pace for the white-and-white ball. After spraining his knee and entering Roni, Timão lost the link between the midfield and the attack and had problems in the match.

After the game, in an interview in the mixed zone, Paulinho left the stadium Diego Armando Maradona down and with a knee pad. Questioned about the injury, the Corinthians midfielder did not hide his sadness, but assured that he will come back even stronger to help Timão following the 2023 season.

“In my life, during these months that I was away, I learned many things. One of them is to be calm and give time to time. Family is important at any point in my career and I am subject to that. It happened again, it’s not expected but it’s part of the game“, he said. Still according to Paulinho, even with the tears and the upset of the injury, the support he has received is already something extremely important to him.

“After you’ve played two matches, you start to pick up the pace better. You get upset, sad, down, but then you talk to the family, see your children (cry) and then build strength. I will come back stronger“, he completed. It is worth remembering that the midfielder underwent surgery on the same knee he was injured and is now awaiting a slightly deeper evaluation to understand the severity of the injury.