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Again, bad news for Palmeiras. After Wesley, the Alviverde team lost Felipe Melo for the rest of the season. Tests performed Sunday night and confirmed Monday found a left ankle fracture of the team captain, you will need up to four months to recover.
The 30 shirt will be operated on this Monday to start physiotherapy treatment. Thus, Felipe Melo returns to Palmeiras only in 2021, the year in which the athlete’s contract with the club ends.
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Felipe Melo is carried by his teammates after Palmeiras’ victory over Vasco – Photo: André Durão
Felipe Melo was seriously injured in the second half of the 1-0 win over Vasco in São Januário. Neto Borges, from the opposing team, fell on the leg of the Palmeirean midfielder, who immediately claimed the club’s doctors in severe pain.
The steering wheel kept trying to stay on the grass, but couldn’t even put his left foot on the ground. Felipe Melo had to be supported when he left the field of play and taken by his teammates after the game, heading to the changing rooms.
Felipe Melo leaves the field led by his teammates
Still in São Januário, the 37-year-old veteran began treatment with an ice pack on the spot and wore an orthopedic boot at the end of the confrontation. Palmeiras, even with ten players after Felipe Melo’s injury, took the victory.
Felipe’s surgery will be the second for an important Palmeiras player in less than a week. Last Sunday, Wesley, one of the team’s highlights of the season, underwent a suture to his left meniscus after injuring himself in Thursday’s game against Red Bull Bragantino.
