Neymar out, Oscar returns: São Paulo v Santos next in Brasileirão | OneFootball

The relentless football schedule gives no respite. Still digesting the painful 2-0 defeat to LDU away in the Libertadores, São Paulo must already turn its attention to the Brasileirão, where they have a classic match against Santos this Sunday (21), at 8:30 pm (Brasília time), at Vila Belmiro.

The big news from the rival side this Friday (19) was the absence of star Neymar from Santos' training at Vila, due to a muscle discomfort in his thigh. Thus, the number 10 is out of the duel with Tricolor. After undergoing imaging tests, the athlete was diagnosed with an injury to the rectus femoris muscle of his right thigh, as reported by Santos, and will be absent in the San-São.

This will be the third time Neymar misses the duel with São Paulo since his return. The first time, for the Paulistão, he had just been signed. Later, already in shape, he suffered a left thigh injury in the game prior to the classic.

A probable opposing lineup could have Gabriel Brazão (Diógenes); Mayke, Adonis Frías (Alexis Duarte), Luan Peres and Escobar; João Schmidt, Zé Rafael, Rollheiser and Victor Hugo; Guilherme and Lautaro Díaz.

There might be a comeback here!

If Santos has a loss, Tricolor might have the return of Oscar, who trained normally with the ball this Friday with a small group of non-related players reinforced by young players from the base at CT. Depending on Saturday's (20) training, Crespo could even include number 8, to give some rhythm for the Libertadores decision next week.

The Argentine coach will have very little time to prepare the team against Peixe. He will only have one training session, on Saturday afternoon, to define the lineup for the classic, where he should spare some of the main players.

The classic in the Santos lowlands valid for the 24th round of the Brazilian Championship will be broadcast on Sportv and Premiere channels, on pay TV.

The refereeing for the match that closes the round is also already defined. Mr. Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima, from Pernambuco will be in charge of the whistle, assisted by Alex Ang Ribeiro and Miguel Cataneo Ribeiro da Costa, both from São Paulo. In the VAR booth, Ilbert Estevam da Silva (SP).

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