The lateral indicated by Vtor Pereira has another 19 months on contract with Corinthians

Coach Vitor Pereira left Corinthians at the end of the Brazilian championship, and was about to settle with flamingo, He still has some legacies in the Alfingro club. One of them, perhaps the most striking, is fellow countryman Rafael Ramos. The winger, who was acquired in April, has another 19-month contract with Timão.

Seen as a safe replacement in Wagner’s search for a backup, the player has only played in five matches since July, due to two muscle injuries. In the end, having already recovered, he ended up being “run over” with the good moment of Bruno Mendes, who took over, adding only 190 minutes since the fall of the Libertadores.

In those five matches, Rafael failed to complete 90 minutes at any chance. His biggest participation was in the classic match against Palmeiras, namely the post-elimination match against Flamengo, when he was on the field for 59 minutes.

To these are added 11 minutes played against Internacional (at that time, he was involved in the second half and was substituted shortly after with a muscle problem), 30 minutes against Atlético, in Itaquera, plus once for each against. Santos and Curitiba. In total, Rafael has been present only 9.5% of the time potential since the team left the continental championship.

See more at: Rafael Ramos, Retrospecto do Corinthians and Vtor Pereira.