Without Renato Portaluppi and with reservations, Grêmio goes to Erechim

With all games scheduled for 4:30 pm this Saturday (11), the 11th round of the Campeonato Gaúcho, the last of the group stage, has little to define for the semifinals of the State. Already guaranteed with the best campaign of the competition, not even coach Renato Portaluppi will travel to Erechim. He will remain in Porto Alegre to lead training with the starters on Saturday morning, as the reserves go to the field at Colosso da Lagoa.

Probably, who will command the team against Ypiranga will be assistant Vitor Hugo Signorelli. The management, however, has not yet officially announced. Meanwhile, Portaluppi will be working with the main group at CT Luiz Carvalho, who will face Ferroviário, from Ceará, in the second phase of the Copa do Brasil, next Thursday, at the Arena.

In addition to the formation made up entirely of substitutes, the bench will be filled with youngsters from the under-20 team, who will travel to gain experience and minutes in the first team. The lineup trend for this Saturday may have Brenno (Grando); João Pedro, Bruno Uvini, Gustavo Martins and Diogo Barbosa; Thiago Santos, Lucas Silva, Gustavinho, Everton Galdino and Ferreira (Gabriel Silva); Diego Souza.

Also this Thursday, the club issued a note about the situation of steering wheel Lucas Leiva. “The Department of Science, Health and Performance of Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense informs that the athlete Lucas Leiva has started a new battery of exams to reassess his clinical condition. The results will be made available at the end of next week and the club will manifest itself in due time” , closes.

On Wednesday, the player redid the cardiac exams that accused the arrhythmia problem that kept him away from training at the beginning of the Grêmio pre-season. At the age of 36, since he had to abandon activities due to a heart problem, Lucas has always kept hope of resuming his career.

This Thursday, the tricolor board celebrated the arrival of 85,000 members. Aiming at 100,000 and motivated by the arrival of Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, the club has not reached this mark since the 2017 Libertadores finals. Luisito’s announcement.