Palmeiras has only 16 of the 29 athletes in its squad available for the classic against Santos at the weekend. Faced with this situation, the coaching staff turned to a trio from the under-20 team to have more options among those involved, and some boys from the under-17 team could also travel to the coast.
What happened
On the club’s official website, the professional squad page has 29 names, but only 16 (three are goalkeepers) of them can be available against Santos: goalkeepers Aranha, Carlos Miguel and Marcelo Lomba, defenders Benedetti, Bruno Fuchs, Micael and Murilo, full-backs Giay, Khellven, Jefté, midfielders Aníbal Moreno, Felipe Anderson, Maurício and Veiga, and forwards Bruno Rodrigues and Luighi.
There are 13 absences in total: Weverton (injured), Gustavo Gómez (called up), Piquerez (called up), Allan (suspended), Andreas Pereira (suspended), Emi Martínez (called up), Figueiredo (injured), Lucas Evangelista (injured), Facundo Torres (called up), Flaco López (called up), Paulinho (injured), Ramon Sosa (called up), and Vitor Roque (summoned).
