Palmeiras return with absentees, begin prep to face Juventude | OneFootball

The Palmeiras team reported back this Monday, at the Football Academy, after the 3 to 2 turnaround against São Paulo, for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. Coach Abel Ferreira will have to puzzle out his team lineup to face Juventude in a delayed match of the 12th round.

Palmeiras and Juventude will face each other this Saturday, at 7 pm (Brasília time), at Allianz Parque. The match was supposed to have taken place in June, but was postponed due to Verdão's participation in the Club World Cup.

How was the return?

The starters and those who played at least 45 minutes in the turnaround at Choque-Rei did regenerative activities at the recovery and neuroscience center. The other athletes, along with the goalkeepers, carried out technical work with Abel Ferreira's commission on the field.

Return has extensive list of absences

The absences of the day were the athletes called up by their respective teams for friendly matches on this Fifa date: Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay), Aníbal Moreno (Argentina), Flaco López (Argentina), Emiliano Martínez (Uruguay) and Facundo Torres (Uruguay).

In addition to them, striker Ramón Sosa, who suffered an edema in his left thigh, was absent from the activity.

Abel will have to puzzle out the team lineup

For the match against Juventude, Abel Ferreira will have absences in almost all sectors. In defense, he will not have Gustavo Gómez; in the midfield, he counts with the absences of Aníbal Moreno, Emiliano Martínez (called up) and Evangelista (injured); in attack, he will not have Flaco López (called up), Vitor Roque (suspended), Paulinho (injured) and Ramón Sosa (injured).

Besides, he still has a doubt on the right side. Khellven advanced in the recovery from a foot trauma, but is still a doubt. The tendency is that Abel Ferreira will use more athletes from the sub-20. Another option is to improvise some pieces.

See the complete list of Palmeiras' absences

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