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Going up to Palmeiras has not been an easy mission for coach Abel Ferreira since he joined the club on 5 November. Working remotely since he began to comply with the quarantine for testing positive for Covid-19, the commander is now considering the possibility of sending an unprecedented defense team to the field against Bahia, tomorrow (12), at Allianz Parque. .
This can happen if Ferreira chooses to choose an alternative team in Brasileirão, as he will have a midweek decision against Libertad, for the second leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals. If he decides to forgive Luan and Gustavo Goméz, starting last Tuesday (8), the coach will only have Kuscevic, Alan Empereur and Renan as options, since Emerson Santos would be the midfielder. The three defenders did not start a game together.
If the change is confirmed, it will be the fifth formation of the Palmeirense defense under the command of the Portuguese. In 11 games, including the matches commanded by his assistants, Abel Ferreira threw four different pairs, they are: Luan and Gustavo Goméz (5x); Emerson Santos and Renan (3x); Emerson Santos and Goméz (2x); Luan and Empereur (1x).
In addition to the team’s evidence, the changes also reinforce the importance of Captain Gustavo Goméz. Preferred by the coach, he played seven games as a starter, a presence in 63% of Abel’s games. If you analyze the statistics of the defender throughout the season, the numbers explain so much predilection and sovereignty in the defensive sector. In 52 official matches for Palmeiras this season, the Paraguayan played 77% of them and scored four goals, figures that are usually better than last year, when he finished with 42 games and five goals.
However, Goméz was one of the athletes who complained of fatigue after the game at Defensores del Chaco and that comes from an exhausting sequence, despite being out of the classic with Santos, in the last round of Brasileirão, due to the suspension applied by the Superior. Sports Court of Justice (STJD).
“Physics cost us a bit. We are in many difficulties, many injured, others with Covid. We are overcoming it in each game. Now we are going to rest that the weekend we have an important match in Brasileirão, that we are fighting,” he said the defender.
Palmeiras finish their preparation for the game against Bahia this afternoon (11), at 4:00 pm, when the team re-presents itself at the Soccer Academy.
