Palmeiras win training match as Paulista Championship preparations continue

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·7 gennaio 2026

Palmeiras win training match as Paulista Championship preparations continue

Palmeiras continued their pre-season on Wednesday morning (07) at the Football Academy, playing a training match against Desportivo Brasil, from the third division of the Paulistão. The match was played in two 45-minute halves with different lineups in each period – the final score was 5-2 for Verdão, with goals scored by Riquelme, Larson, Facundo Torres, Mauricio, and Ramón Sosa.

After the match, defender Gustavo Gómez, who was on the field during the training game, celebrated a world record for most minutes played since 2020. Starting another season with Palmeiras in 2026, captain Gustavo Gómez holds the record as the outfield player with the most minutes played in world football during this period, with 319 games and 28,194 minutes played over the last six seasons.

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The Paraguayan is ahead of Bruno Fernandes, from Manchester United-ENG, with 27,634 minutes in 327 games, Otamendi, from Benfica-POR, with 26,791 in 304 games, and Harry Kane, from Bayern Munich-GER, with 25,680 in 309. The data was compiled by the research group “CIES Football Observatory,” specialized in statistical analysis in football.

“I saw this statistic and I was happy because we work very hard. This is also thanks to the structure I have here at the training center, everything Palmeiras provides for each player, so we can focus only on training and working. I think the care from the professionals who help each player always be on the field, the medical department as well. I’m happy about this and I hope to continue this way, always helping Palmeiras and my Paraguayan national team too. I hope to keep going like this for a few more years,” said the number 15.

The Alviverde captain commented on the team’s expectations for the season. The Palestra team debuts in the Campeonato Paulista against Portuguesa, at 8:30 p.m. this Saturday (10), at Canindé.

“We have many goals ahead, it’s an important year for all of us here. The Campeonato Paulista is about to start and our focus and objective is always to fight to win. We’ve been reaching the finals for a few years, winning, always competing well. The Brasileirão will also start soon. So we are working very seriously in this pre-season to try to quickly get into match rhythm and be in the best shape for the first games. Then there’s also the World Cup, which is very important for my country, returning after 16 years. So we have a lot of expectations ahead,” he said. “We have only a few days of preparation, but we’ve been training physically for a while, for about 15 days we’ve been training in the best way possible. We’ll do our best in the first game, look for the first victory and then keep going down this path,” he concluded.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.