Palmeiras stage practice match with first team and academy youngsters

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·8 July 2026

Palmeiras stage practice match with first team and academy youngsters

In preparation for the challenges of the second half of the season, Palmeiras held a training match on Wednesday morning (08) at the Football Academy. The session featured teams made up of first-team players and Academy graduates.

The team in white beat the team in green 3-0, with all the goals scored by players developed in the youth ranks. Cameroonian forward Miguel, from the Under-20 squad, found the net twice, while Luis Pacheco rounded out the scoring.

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Despite the result, the training match was lively and featured chances for both sides. All the goals came in the second half. In the 12th minute, Giay played a low cutback, Riquelme hit the crossbar, and Miguel headed in the rebound.

Six minutes later, Miguel scored again with a finish beyond the goalkeeper’s reach. In the 34th minute, Luis Pacheco drove into the box, beat his marker, stepped over, and scored the white team’s third goal.

The green team started the session with Kaique; Khellven, Bruno Fuchs, Benedetti and Arthur; Marlon Freitas and Lucas Evangelista; Erick Belé, Larson, Luighi and Eduardo Conceição. Marcelo Lomba also took part in the session.

The white team, meanwhile, lined up with Carlos Miguel; Giay, Murilo, Luis Pacheco and Piquerez; Emi Martínez and Andreas Pereira; Felipe Anderson, Miguel, Paulinho and Riquelme. Rikelme, Iury and Juliano came on during the training match.

Piquerez speaks!

Back at Palmeiras after representing the Uruguay national team at the World Cup, Piquerez spoke about his recovery from surgery on his right ankle and celebrated his return to training with the rest of the squad.

It has been three months since the injury, and I went through some difficult moments. I had an intense month at the World Cup, a unique experience that unfortunately was not matched by a good result. Now I’m back home, with my family again, and able to train with the group. I’m very happy about this training session with my teammates — I missed everyone. I’m happy to be back and to be gradually returning to my level. The match was very competitive and demanding. We are preparing well for the return of the league and to maintain the advantage we have as we chase the title.

The left-back also highlighted the quality of the Verdão squad and praised the internal competitiveness during preparations for the resumption of competitions.

Our internal competitiveness is the most important thing for us to then go into matches and make things easier. The circumstances are different — the fans, the pressure, the pitch — but we have a very competitive squad here. You could see that today; the result was a bit misleading, both teams played very well. We have to prepare in the best possible way to make a strong return to competition.

Midfielder Allan, who is under workload management, and centre-back Barboza, who is following an individualized load-adjustment schedule, worked separately and did not take part in the training match. Forward Vitor Roque, meanwhile, continued his physical transition process and carried out separate activities with the help of youth academy players.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.