Striker back in Palmeiras squad after 18 months out injured | OneFootball

Palmeiras faces Internacional this Saturday (13th), at 6:30 PM (Brasília time), at Allianz Parque with some new names on the squad list. After a year and a half away from the pitch due to two consecutive injuries to both knees, Bruno Rodrigues is back on the roster for a football match.

Palmeiras’ Planning

As reported by NOSSO PALESTRA, Palmeiras had been cautious about including the number 11 in the professional squad for matches. Bruno was among the 24 players listed to go to Allianz Parque, but there was still a chance he could be cut at the last minute, since only 23 athletes are allowed per game in the Brazilian Championship.

The player spoke with TV Palmeiras this week and did not hide his excitement about returning to the pitch.

– I’m feeling really good mentally and physically too, I feel much better. I’m really happy, truly, because I know what I went through at this club and everyone who works here also knows what I went through. This is 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 – he said.

Few Minutes

Bruno Rodrigues, signed at the start of 2024, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in January after suffering an injury in that year’s Paulistão. In the final stage of treatment, during a training match at the Football Academy in May, he tore the patellar tendon in his left knee and had to undergo another surgical procedure.

He has played in only two matches for Palmeiras, both in the 2024 Paulistão. He debuted against Novorizontino and then faced Inter de Limeira, when he started the match. That’s just over a hundred minutes on the field wearing the Palmeiras shirt in a year and a half at the club.

The second reinforcement of the 2024 season, Bruno joined Palmeiras after a good season wearing Cruzeiro’s shirt. A standout for the team in 2023, the player scored 13 goals and provided seven assists that year. After his loan to the Minas Gerais club ended, he returned to Tombense-MG, with whom Verdão negotiated his economic rights.

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