Palmeiras lineup: Felipe Melo goes to the field, but goes out; Vitor Hugo must replace Luan | palms

Defender Luan, who received his third yellow card at Brasileirão against Inter, will have to comply with the automatic sanction. Luxa’s option will be for Vitor Hugo to join the team, thus displacing Gustavo Gómez to act on the right side of the defense.

Forward Gabriel Verón is once again at the disposal of the Palmeirense technical team, recovered from a muscle injury in his right thigh that made it impossible for him to enter the field in this period after the resumption of the championships.

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– It was a serious injury, mainly due to its characteristics. He’s a sprinter and demands a lot of back thigh muscles. Little by little it has been renovating and carrying out specific works. Throughout the process, we notice some changes in the tissues, some situations to correct for muscle balance. Now he is making a full recovery, explained Daniel Gonçalves, Palmeiras scientific coordinator, on the club’s website.

Another player who regularly participated in the activity with the subsidiary this Thursday was midfielder Raphael Veiga, who had suffered a trauma to his left foot. The holders of Verdão stayed within the Academy for regenerative work.

In recovery from muscle injuries, Felipe Melo and Marcos Rocha took to the field, but only for individual physical work.

A possible Palmeiras lineup for the match against Bragantino has: Weverton; Mayke, Gustavo Gómez, Vitor Hugo and Matías Viña; Patrick de Paula, Gabriel Menino, Bruno Henrique, Lucas Lima and Zé Rafael; Luiz Adriano.

Verdão is unbeaten at Brasileirão, but has only two wins in six games. Vanderlei Luxembourg’s team has 10 points and a 55.6% hit rate.

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