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Palmeiras will go to Beira-Rio this Saturday, at 9:00 p.m., to face Inter, for the Brazilian Championship, and evaluate the preparation of the series of four semifinals that will be ahead in the coming weeks. The team of coach Abel Ferreira faces the rival gaucho with a marked concern in managing the wear and tear of the squad and with an eye on the decisive duels of the Copa do Brasil and also the Copa Libertadores.
Despite the fact that the match with Inter represented a direct confrontation against a rival for the G-4 of Brasileirão, Palmeiras has more decisive commitments on the agenda for the next few days. On Wednesday, the team host América-MG for the first match of the Copa do Brasil semifinal. The comeback game will be the following week. Shortly after, on January 6, it will be time to face River Plate for a place in the final of the Libertadores.
Since August, Palmeiras has not had a week off to train. And at least until mid-January, the sequence shouldn’t slow down. So it’s up to the technical commission to manage the squad while the killers don’t start over.
For this reason, Palmeiras prepared for this match against Inter with special attention to the physical part of the squad. This applies to both those who are exhausted and those who need to catch up. Among the inactive, the novelty is the forward Luiz Adriano. Of the last seven matches of the team due to a left thigh injury, the player trained with the group and should remain on the bench.
The presence of the main center forward of the team is a way to give continuity to an athlete who can be decisive in the playoffs. Curiously, he returns in the meeting with Inter, the team that revealed him in the South. In the year, Luiz Adriano adds 38 games and 15 goals, one of them scored against the Rio Grande do Sul team, in the first round of the Brasileirão.
In this pre-semi-final planning, it is also advisable to leave out those who may be injured. So the trend is for forward Ron to be saved. The player started five of the last six games for Palmeiras. Now, coach Abel Ferreira prefers to take a break in order to be fitter for the semi-finals that are approaching.
DATA SHEET
PALM TREES INTER X
Bury: Loin; Heitor, Moledo, Cuesta and Moisés; Lindoso, Marcos Guilherme (Yuri Alberto), Edenílson, D’Alessandro and Patrick; Script. Coach: Abel Braga.
Palms: Weverton; Gabriel Menino, Luan, Gómez and Viña; Danilo, Zé Rafael and Raphael Veiga; Gustavo Scarpa, Gabriel Veron and Willian. Coach: Abel Ferreira.
Judge: Sávio Sampaio (DF).
Local: Beira-Rio.
Calendar: 9pm. On TV: TNT E PPV.
