🤕 Cruzeiro confirm Wanderson won’t play again in 2025 | OneFootball

Cruzeiro confirmed this Tuesday (28) that Wanderson is out for the final stretch of the season.

The forward was diagnosed with an injury to the posterior muscles of his left thigh, resulting from the trauma suffered against Palmeiras.

The injury occurred after Gustavo Gómez's tackle at 11 minutes into the match held last Sunday (26). 

The treatment will be conservative, without the need for surgery for the 31-year-old player. 

"At the moment when the athlete Wanderson suffered the direct trauma to his right leg, he made a sudden deceleration movement, resulting in a severe injury to the posterior muscles of his left thigh. The prognosis is that the recovery will be extended and the athlete will not be available for participation in matches in the coming months," explained Cruzeiro's doctor, Dr. Sérgio Campolina.

The VAR official, Daniel Nobre Bins, called referee Rafael Rodrigo Klein for a review of the play and a possible red card,

"I recommend a review for a possible red card. In our understanding, Gustavo Gómez takes the ball and does not retract his leg, continues the movement, and hits the opponent's shin with high intensity," said Bins.

The referee's final decision was a yellow card for the Palmeiras defender. 

"The player (Gómez) kicks the ball and does not have time to retract his leg. Direct free kick and yellow card," concluded Klein. 

Wanderson played 45 games this season, 27 of them in the Brasileirão. He scored one goal and contributed with seven assists. 

The team still has eight games left in the Brasileirão and at least two in the Copa do Brasil, the semifinals against Corinthians. 

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