Bruno Rodrigues of Palmeiras eager to return to the pitch | OneFootball

After more than a year away from the pitch, following two serious consecutive injuries, Bruno Rodrigues is in an advanced stage of his physical transition process. The Palmeiras forward spoke about his time away and his expectations for returning.

“I’m feeling really good mentally and physically as well. I feel much better. I’m truly very happy because I know what I went through at this club and everyone who works here also knows what I went through. It’s a very special moment for me, I just have to thank everyone. Thank God, I did well in the last training match, I was able to play for 30 minutes and felt really good. Expectations are high and, God willing, at the right moment, things will happen,” Bruno Rodrigues told the Palmeiras website.

On the morning of last Saturday, Palmeiras held a training match among the squad at the Football Academy. Bruno Rodrigues, who has been training fully in recent weeks, took part in 30 minutes of the activity.

Serious consecutive injuries

A standout player for Cruzeiro in 2023, Bruno Rodrigues was signed by Palmeiras the following year. He played two matches in the Campeonato Paulista before tearing the ligament in his right knee. The forward had to undergo surgery and was sidelined.

Five months later, during a training match at the Football Academy, Bruno Rodrigues tore the patellar tendon in his left knee and needed another surgical procedure. Since then, he has not returned to the field.

“I know very well what I went through. My family knows what I went through too, my wife, who is always by my side. So, I’m very anxious, she’s also very anxious, but we have to follow the club’s process, the staff who are here every day and know my progress very well. We have to go step by step because it wasn’t easy to go through everything I did. It’s about following the process and waiting for God’s timing,” he revealed.

Bruno Rodrigues’ last match was on January 24, 2024, in the second round of the Campeonato Paulista, against Inter de Limeira, at Allianz Parque. The forward started and played for 60 minutes before being substituted in the second half.

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