Gabriel Brazão to undergo shoulder surgery, sidelined for Santos’ Brasileirão run | OneFootball

Santos will be without goalkeeper Gabriel Brazão, who will bring forward surgery on a left shoulder injury.

According to Globo.com, he had been feeling pain in his left shoulder. The problem intensified after Wednesday’s Copa Sudamericana match at Atlético-MG in Belo Horizonte, prompting the operation to be brought forward. Santos have not specified the surgery date or a recovery timetable.

Brazão has returned to the Baixada Santista and will miss Saturday’s 28th-round fixture against Remo in Belém. João Paulo and Diógenes are in contention to start in goal.

Willian Arão is also unavailable for Saturday after pain in his internal oblique abdominal muscle worsened following the match in Minas Gerais. He has returned to the Baixada Santista while the squad travelled to Belém.

The defence is expected to feature Lucas Veríssimo alongside Luan Peres, with João Ananias an option.

Santos were eliminated by Atlético-MG in the Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals and have 12 Brasileirão matches left to play.

Source: Globo.com

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