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Palmeiras faces Juventude this Saturday (11th) without the attacking duo Vitor Roque and Flaco López, the team’s main stars in recent matches. The first is suspended, while the second is with the Argentine National Team.

This will be the first time Abel Ferreira will not be able to count on both since they started playing together, in the second half of the victory over Ceará at Allianz Parque on August 10. Since then, they have started together in 11 of the team’s 12 matches—as starters. In the only match they didn’t start, both came on in the second half, in the win over Fortaleza between the Libertadores quarterfinal games.

In the Brazilian Championship, the duo scored 11 of Palmeiras’ 19 goals in the league since they were first named as starters. During this period, there were eight matches in the national championship, and the forwards only didn’t start precisely against Fortaleza. Across all competitions, each has scored ten goals.

With his goal in the win over São Paulo, Flaco López matched his most prolific season for Palmeiras, with 22 goals, but with ten fewer games compared to 2024—51 in 2025 versus 61 last year. The Argentine was called up by Scaloni for Argentina’s upcoming friendlies, marking his second consecutive call-up.

Vitor Roque, meanwhile, has seen his game improve thanks to the change and playing as a duo. In 2025, he has already surpassed the number of goal involvements from his time in European football, even with fewer games. In the win against São Paulo, the number 9 reached 18 direct involvements—14 goals and four assists in 44 matches—compared to nine goals for Betis and Barcelona with no assists in 49 matches. Now, he aims to surpass his most prolific year: 2023, with 21 goals.

When Abel Ferreira fielded the team with Flaco and Roque on the bench, he started Palmeiras’ attack with Facundo Torres, Sosa, and Maurício (improvised). Against Juventude, the coach won’t have Facundo, who is with the Uruguayan National Team, or Sosa, who is injured. Maurício remains available. Bruno Rodrigues and Luighi are options as natural forwards.

Palmeiras and Juventude face each other on Saturday (11th), at 7pm (Brasília time), at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, in a rescheduled match from the 12th round of the Brazilian Championship.

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