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Kyle Boas Author of the Tactics Journal

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Corinthians manager Clarence Seedorf has the training-complex TVs show only goals, wins and club highlights

Voetbal International translated from Dutch:

With four matches left, Corinthians can hardly afford another slip. Coach Clarence Seedorf is trying to influence what he can, and that starts on the training pitch: he has instructed his technical staff to approach the players only positively.

[…] Seedorf has urged his technical staff to radiate nothing but positivity from now on, with one specific word banned: ‘erro’, which is Portuguese for ‘mistake’. Instead, Seedorf encourages the use of positive and uplifting words, so that they keep going until the goal is achieved.

[…] Seedorf had already made other changes at Corinthians. The televisions at the training complex, for example, were only allowed to show positive images, such as goals, wins and highlights from the club’s history.

‘The music at the Neo Química Arena during the warm-up has also been changed. Since then, the team has taken the field to the sound of ‘Sirius’, a track inseparably linked to the legendary Chicago Bulls basketball team. The choice came from Seedorf himself, who was looking for a soundtrack that conveys a winning mentality’, according to Globo Esporte.

Shoutout to the [Chicago Bulls walk](https://youtu.be/Zn6kiimEsYc?si=YQpnHGRYVVPWInjv, I guess.

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