Corinthians is ready to start the knockout stage of the Paulista Championship. On Sunday (22) at 20h30, at the Canindé Stadium, the Timão faces Portuguesa in a single match for the quarter-finals of the State Championship. The match will be broadcast on the Record channel, on CazéTV on YouTube, and on the HBO Max, RecordPlus, and R7 platforms. Corinthians finished the first phase of the Paulistão in fifth place with 14 points, summing up four wins, two draws, and two defeats, with ten goals scored and six conceded. Portuguesa qualified in fourth place with 15 points, with five wins and three defeats, scoring 11 goals and conceding seven. Corinthians and Portuguesa drew 2-2 in the first phase of the Paulistão 2025. Matheus Bidu and Talles Magno scored the goals of the match at the Pacaembu. To take the Timão to another semifinal, Bidu shares how the team arrives for this decisive match. "We are 100% focused on the game tomorrow. It will be very important to win, obviously for the classification and also to climb higher in the table and decide (semifinal) at home. The group is focused and, if God wills it, we will come out victorious and classified", he shared. The team coached by Dorival Júnior concluded the preparation for the match on Saturday (21) at the Dr. Joaquim Grava CT. The players started the afternoon with a video of tactical instructions in the Flexform Preleção Room. After a strength workout in the academy and a warm-up on the pitch, the Timão coach applied a tactical work with various game situations. Ball possession plays were also worked on by the team. Check out the images of the Timão's training and Matheus Bidu's statement on Corinthians TV: CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING IMAGE AND DOWNLOAD EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FROM THE MATCH: Tags: Football, News Category(s): Corinthians, Football