Palmeiras: Paulinho, Khellven out, Gómez steps up recovery | OneFootball

Palmeiras began preparations this Monday (3) for the second leg of the Copa do Brasil against Fortaleza after winning the first leg 3-0 at Nubank Parque.

Palmeiras medical update

Right-back Khellven felt pain in the front of his right thigh, underwent medical exams, and was diagnosed with an injury. Forward Paulinho has also started recovering from an injury detected in the adductor muscle of his right thigh. Both will be unavailable for Verdão in the upcoming matches.

Center-back Gustavo Gómez, who did not play last Sunday due to a right thigh injury, has made progress in his recovery and trained separately under the supervision of the Health and Performance Department.

Carlos Miguel reaches 50 matches

Goalkeeper Carlos Miguel reached the mark of 50 matches wearing the Palmeiras shirt against Fortaleza. The player highlighted the milestone and looked ahead to the return leg next Wednesday (5).

“First of all, I thank God, because without Him nothing would be possible, and then I also want to thank everyone here on the Palmeiras staff, who encouraged me when I arrived and help me so much in the day-to-day work. It went by so fast, it even feels like it was just yesterday that I made my debut, and now I’ve already completed 50 matches in such a packed calendar as we have in Brazil. It goes by very quickly, but I’m very happy to have reached this milestone at Palmeiras. It’s the first time in my career that I’ve achieved this and, for me, it’s something very meaningful. I hope to reach 100, 200, 300, 400, as many as God allows. I’m just truly grateful and will keep working,” he said.

“The Copa do Brasil is a competition of its own, difficult and tricky. We always have to be mentally prepared and focused to finish the job because things can change very quickly. It’s 3-0, we know that, we have a very good advantage, but we also have to understand that we need to stay in strong mental control, focus on the match, and do our job in Cuiabá as well, which will be very important for us to secure qualification,” he added.

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