Porco faces Galo in another knockout duel in the Copa Libertadores, this Wednesday (2)

Belo Horizonte (MG) – For the third year in a row, Palmeiras and Atlético-MG will face each other in the knockout round of the Copa Libertadores this Wednesday (2nd), at 8:30 pm, at the Mineirão stadium.

The teams faced each other in the quarterfinals, last year and in the semifinals of the competition, in 2021. Both times, the São Paulo team won and advanced. This time, the difficulties remain for the club from Minas Gerais, now led by the experienced Luiz Felipe Scolari. Verdão again finished the first phase with the best campaign among all teams. With this performance, Abel Ferreira’s team will decide the vacancy at home.

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Palmeiras ended the preparation for the match against Atlético-MG, for the Copa Libertadores, this Tuesday (2). Striker Rony, who comes from an injury to his left thigh, is still in the process of physical transition and is out of stock.

In the activities carried out at Academia de Futebol, the players were divided into two groups for baseline work with crosses and finalizations. Afterwards, on a reduced field, they participated in a lively recreational event. To close, coach Abel Ferreira gave tactical positioning guidelines and the team rehearsed defensive and offensive set pieces.

Just like last Monday, Rony participated in part of the activities on the field at the Academia de Futebol. At another time, he carried out separate work with physical trainers.

A probable Palmeiras that faces the Rooster has as: Weverton; Marcos Rocha, Gustavo Gómez, Murilo, Piquerez; Danilo, Zé Rafael; Scarpa, Dudu, Veiga; Jose López.

Palmeiras has won five consecutive victories in all competitions and is having a great time this season. In the round of 16 of the Libertadores, Abel’s team eliminated Cerro Porteño-PAR, winning 3-0 in Paraguay and 5-0 in Allianz Parque.

Palmeiras and Atlético-MG face each other this Wednesday, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), in Mineirão. The second leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals will take place on the 10th, at Allianz Parque.

The teams face each other again after meeting in the semifinals of the last Libertadores. At the time, Palmeiras de Abel Ferreira qualified after a 0-0 draw at Allianz Parque and a 1-1 draw at Mineirão. At the time, the away goal was still the tie-breaker.

Atlético concluded training for the duel with Porco

Atlético-MG closed the preparation to face Palmeiras, hoping to have all the players available. There are no problems with yellow cards (whether suspension or suspended players), and the only doubt remains in relation to Eduardo Vargas and Hyoran.

The attacking midfielder was released by the DM and is already training with the ball. You can paint among the related ones. Regarding the Chilean, he had been absent against Flamengo, as he felt a blow to his left knee and was out of some training sessions. This Tuesday, he did the collective warm-up work, and then a separate training session.

The defensive midfielder Battaglia had a “sinking” of his tooth when he was elbowed by Arrascaeta, in Galo 1×2 Flamengo. After a small dental procedure, he trained normally and will start against Palmeiras.

Yellow cards are reset from the group stage to the round of 16. Galo accumulated the warnings since the debut against Carabobo, in phase 2. During this time, Hulk and Paulinho were suspended. In the last round of the groups, against Libertad, only Jemerson received a card, and he was not suspended.

Still on DM, defender Bruno Fuchs was released a few days ago from his muscle injury, and did normal training. He was not listed by Felipão, as he already has two reserve defenders – Lemos and Réver. His last game was in a 2-1 loss to Fortaleza on June 24.

Atlético must enter the field with Everson; Saravia, Igor Rabello, Jemerson (Maurício Lemos) and Guilherme Arana; Otávio, Battaglia and Zaracho; Paulinho, Pavón and Hulk.

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Palmeiras went to Arena Independência this Sunday and beat América-MG 4-1 in a duel valid for the 17th round of the Brazilian Championship.

Verdão wins its second straight match and arrives packed for the round of 16 duel of CONMEBOL Libertadores against Atlético-MG, which it has not won in eight games with Felipão, this Wednesday (2).

And Galo usually has difficulties facing Palmeiras commanded by the Portuguese. Despite two wins, one defeat and seven draws against Abel, Atlético was eliminated in the last two editions of Libertadores by alviverde, in the semifinals in 2021 and in the quarterfinals last year.

“Abel Ferreira doesn’t play against anyone. Have you ever seen me play against someone? The Palmeiras team plays. Players play, they play, I don’t. I saw the Atlético game yesterday and I really liked what I saw. Football changes quickly. We’re going to do what we always do, recover players, hope that this field hasn’t left marks on our players. I will refrain from being demanding with what the organization has to be”,

said Abel, in a press conference.

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