Filipe Luís on De La Cruz missing from Flamengo squad vs Palmeiras | OneFootball

Filipe Luís did not include De La Cruz for the Flamengo vs. Palmeiras game due to 'technical choice'

Flamengo defeated Palmeiras last Sunday (19) by 3 to 2, in the 29th round of the Brasileirão. Before the match, the absence of De La Cruz from Flamengo's squad list caught attention. Consequently, Filipe Luís justified the decision after the direct confrontation with the São Paulo team.

In a press conference, Filipe Luís revealed that De La Cruz did not participate in all the training sessions with the squad before the game against Palmeiras. Therefore, without a sequence of activities, the Uruguayan ended up being left out of the squad list.

Why didn't Filipe Luís include De La Cruz for the game?

Will De La Cruz return in Flamengo's next game?

The tendency is yes. However, for that, De La Cruz must participate in the two training sessions with the Flamengo squad focused on Racing (ARG). In summary, the Rubro-Negro has only two training days before the Libertadores match, on Monday (20) and Tuesday (21).

This is because the Flamengo vs. Racing game takes place this Wednesday (22), at Maracanã. The teams will play the first leg of the Libertadores semifinals starting at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), at Maracanã.

Subsequently, Flamengo meets Racing again next week, on October 29. However, this time, the return match will take place in Argentina, for the second leg of the Libertadores semifinals, also at 9:30 PM (Brasília time).

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