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Praised at Palmeiras for his effort to play Fluminense, Zé Rafael posted a photo of his right ankle, swollen and bruised. Shirt 8 suffered a sprain in the victory against Ceará, on Wednesday (11), and still played until the 32nd minute of the second half in yesterday’s match (14), at Allianz Parque.
“He recovers well, this week he has a decision!”, The midfielder posted on his Twitter page, with the image of his foot.
Due to the problem, Zé Rafael was out of training on Thursday (12) and Friday (13) and only managed to participate in yesterday’s movement (14). The player was willing to act due to absences, as Felipe Melo suffered an injury that took him out of the rest of the season, while Danilo and Gabriel Menino are with Covid-19.
Ramires, who was fined for going to a party, and the boy Quiñonez, from the U-20, were the options of the midfield on the bench against Fluminense. Zé Rafael’s effort was mentioned by Abel Ferreira after the match.
“Zé Rafael will soon be one of the team’s captains, due to his quality as a player and as a man. He only trained this morning, he made a tremendous sacrifice, because he knew we had a deficit in this position. That marks. He made a tremendous effort. I said to let me know when I couldn’t take it anymore, but he had the attitude of a champion. The effort he made, if you stay tuned, he limped, but he was a warrior in the field, “he said.
On Wednesday (18), Palmeiras makes the return against Ceará for the Brazil Cup, but at least in the Brazilian’s next match, against Goiás, next Saturday (21), Zé will be out, because he needs to comply with the automatic sanction. Yesterday he received the third yellow.
