Marcos Antonio injured, out for Brazil, back for São Paulo decider | OneFootball

Volante é mais uma baixa na interminável lista Tricolor (Foto: Paulo Pinto/SPFC)

MARCIO MONTEIRO

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The week started badly for São Paulo. Early this Monday (25), the club was notified of a transfer ban by Fifa due to non-payment, had confirmed injury to André Silva, and now loses another player to injury.

Midfielder Marcos Antonio was diagnosed with a muscle injury in the posterior region of his left thigh, which took him out of the victory over Atlético-MG on Sunday (24), and will also be out for at least three weeks.

Marcos felt discomfort in the posterior muscle of his left thigh and left as a precaution to avoid aggravating his condition. The player himself asked to be substituted, still in the first half of the match.

The player has already started the recovery process at the Tricolor's Reffis Plus and the expectation is that Marcos can be available to coach Hernán Crespo for the match against LDU, in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.

The first match between São Paulo and the Ecuadorians is on September 18, a Thursday, at 7 pm (Brasília time), in Quito's high altitude. The return match is scheduled for the Morumbi, a week later, on the 25th, at the same time.

DREAM OF THE NATIONAL TEAM POSTPONED

Therefore, there are 23 days for Marcos Antonio to recover and not be absent from the Libertadores decision. But, immediately, another dream of the midfielder was undermined.

This afternoon, the Brazilian national team was called up by coach Carlo Ancelotti, and Marcos Antonio had a great chance of being called up by the coach for the next matches in the World Cup qualifiers, in the upcoming Fifa date.

With Brazil already qualified for the 2026 World Cup, Ancelotti will take advantage of the matches in this Fifa date, against Chile and Bolivia in the World Cup qualifiers, to observe some names that have not been called, among them, would be Marcos Antonio, representing Tricolor. The call, is for another moment.

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