Ferreirinha set for São Paulo chance v LDU as Rigoni underwhelms | OneFootball

Ferreirinha may get a chance to start for São Paulo this Thursday, against LDU, at 7pm (Brasília time), at Morumbi, for the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.

In the first leg, in Quito, Ecuador, Rigoni was chosen to start, as Ferreirinha had just recovered from an injury, however, the Argentine striker did not convince, leaving the field with a lackluster performance.

Ferreirinha replaced him in the second half and changed the game for São Paulo, winning most of the individual duels with LDU's defenders and creating good scoring opportunities.

Ferreirinha, in fact, came very close to scoring a brilliant goal in the Quito game, weaving through the opposing defense and shooting for goal, but saw the ball providentially deflect off the foot of one of LDU's defenders.

Last Sunday, against Santos, Ferreirinha started, but also was not able to make a difference for São Paulo, who played with a team considered reserve.

With so many absences in the offensive sector, such as Calleri, André Silva, and Ryan Francisco, there are few alternatives to compose São Paulo's attack this Thursday.

Luciano is expected to start. It remains to be seen who will play alongside him. In addition to Rigoni and Ferreirinha, there is the possibility of Hernán Crespo counting on Gonzalo Tapia or Juan Dinenno among the starting 11.

Lucas Moura, on the other hand, is expected to be included after recovering from arthroscopy on his right knee, however, as he has not played for a long time, he is likely to start on the bench, possibly being called into action in the second half of the match.

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