Palmeiras line-up: Abel set to stick with team that faced Flamengo

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·22 octobre 2025

Palmeiras line-up: Abel set to stick with team that faced Flamengo

In search of a spot in the Libertadores final for the seventh time in its history, Palmeiras trained on the afternoon of this Wednesday (22), at the Ecuadorian National Team's House in Quito (EQU), and continued preparations for the first leg of the semifinal against LDU-EQU, on Thursday (23), at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), at Estadio Casa Blanca, in the Ecuadorian capital itself.

After watching a video at the hotel, the squad applied on the field tactical concepts and movements prepared by the Portuguese coaching staff. Palmeiras is expected to field the same team that played against Flamengo in the Brazilian Championship: Carlos Miguel; Khellven, Gustavo Gómez, Bruno Fuchs, and Piquerez; Aníbal Moreno, Andreas Pereira, Maurício, and Felipe Anderson; Vitor Roque and Flaco López.

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The activity was also important for the players to get in touch with the atmospheric conditions at the 2,850m altitude of the city. The group experienced variations in the ball's trajectory and what changes offensively and defensively with the thin air – a fact commented on by left-back Piquerez in an interview with TV Palmeiras Sportingbet after the training.

“We trained here and already saw a little bit of the difference, especially with the ball in relation to the altitude. We are used to it, this year we have already played in Bolivia and we hope to have a great game tomorrow. LDU has a very strong, very competitive team, and if they reached these stages, it's because they play very well. They have already eliminated great Brazilian teams, and it will be a great match. I hope we come out victorious,” said the Uruguayan.

With the best campaign in the group stage with six wins in six games, Palmeiras eliminated Universitario-PER in the round of 16 and River Plate-ARG in the quarterfinals. The only undefeated team in this edition, the Greatest Champion of Brazil has not lost in 25 games against foreign opponents in the Libertadores – since the last defeat, in April 2023, to Bolívar-BOL, in La Paz (BOL), there have been 19 wins and 6 draws. The club's record is 26 games (15 wins and 11 draws between 2000 and 2006).

“It's good to reach these final stages. It's for a few, a privilege. Thank God, in recent years, Palmeiras has been participating a lot in these phases. It's about enjoying the moment, tomorrow we know we have a very important challenge here at altitude, but we are used to playing this type of game. I hope we can do what we have been training for. It's about getting a good result here to finish at home,” highlighted Piquerez.

Verdão's Ecuadorian visits training

Concentrated at the Ecuador National Team's training center for the CONMEBOL Nations League starting this Friday (24), midfielder Joselyn Espinales attended the training to wish Verdão good luck in the Libertadores semifinal. After the session, the Ecuadorian spoke with coach Abel Ferreira and midfielder Andreas Pereira, as well as vice-president Paulo Buosi.

Upcoming Palmeiras matches

LDU vs. Palmeiras – Conmebol Libertadores – 10/23 – 9:30 PM (Brasília time)
Palmeiras vs. Cruzeiro – Brazilian Championship – 10/26 – 8:30 PM (Brasília time)

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