If the injury is confirmed, the defender would not be in a position to arrive in optimal condition for the most decisive match of the year and one of the most important in the history of the Brazilian team.
The victory of Fluminense over Goias by 5 to 3 could not be completed because on the computer Rio de Janeiro The experienced midfielder Felipe Melo suffered a muscle injury that is causing concern days before the final against Boca for the Copa Libertadores.
How the injury occurred
The clock showed 30 minutes of the first half when the footballer who passed through the Brazil’s selection went to intercept a pass Matheus Babi and stretched out his left leg. At that moment he realized that something had happened to him, so he began to limp with pain and then he threw himself on the grass so that the medical staff could attend to him and silenced the screams of the fans present in the stadium. Raulino de Oliveira stadium.
Quickly, Fernando Diniz sent Vinícius Moreira from Lima to the field, even when his team lost 2 to 1, to protect the former player of the Juventus of Italy.
Far from being calm, the central midfielder turned defender looked at the coach and made a suggestive gesture with his hands, imitating the sensation he had had in his left leg.
Although the club’s official medical report still remains to be known, the weather is not ideal: less than 10 days before the final of the Libertadores Cupa match that will be played on November 4 in Rio de Janeiroany injury that exceeds a tear would mean a recovery of at least 20 days.
If the injury is confirmed, Melo would not be in condition to arrive in optimal conditions to the most decisive match of the year and one of the most important in the history of the Brazilian team, as it will seek its first continental trophy.
Source: Ambito
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