Derby time: Neymar out, Oscar back, São Paulo v Santos next | OneFootball

The relentless football calendar offers no respite. Still digesting the painful 2-0 defeat to LDU away in the Libertadores, São Paulo must now turn its attention to the Brasileirão, where they have a classic match against Santos this Sunday (21), at 8:30 PM (Brasília time), at Vila Belmiro.

The big news from the rival side this Friday (19) was the absence of star Neymar from the Santos training at Vila, due to a muscular discomfort in his thigh. Thus, the number 10 will miss the duel with Tricolor. After undergoing imaging exams, the athlete was diagnosed with an injury to the rectus femoris muscle of the right thigh, as informed by Santos, and will be out for the San-São.

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This will be the third time Neymar misses the duel with São Paulo since his return. In the first instance, during the Paulistão, he had just been signed. Later, already in form, he suffered a left thigh injury in the game before the classic.

A probable opposing lineup might include Gabriel Brazão (Diógenes); Mayke, Adonis Frías (Alexis Duarte), Luan Peres, and Escobar; João Schmidt, Zé Rafael, Rollheiser, and Victor Hugo; Guilherme and Lautaro Díaz.

There might be a comeback here!

While Santos has a setback, Tricolor might see the return of Oscar, who trained normally with the ball this Friday with a small group of non-listed players reinforced by youth from the base at the training center. Depending on Saturday's (20) training, Crespo might even list the number 8 to give him some rhythm for the Libertadores decision next week.

The Argentine coach will have very little time to prepare the team against Peixe. He will conduct only one training session, on Saturday afternoon, to decide the lineup for the classic, where he is expected to rest some of the main players.

The classic in the Santos lowlands, valid for the 24th round of the Brazilian Championship, will be broadcast on Sportv and Premiere channels, on subscription TV.

The refereeing for the match that closes the round is also set. Mr. Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima, from Pernambuco, will be in charge of the whistle, assisted by Alex Ang Ribeiro and Miguel Cataneo Ribeiro da Costa, both from São Paulo. In the VAR booth, Ilbert Estevam da Silva (SP).

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