Botafogo will have an embezzlement for the Club World Cup sequence: defender Bastos. The athlete, who was recovering from injury, felt a knee problem again and traveled to Brazil.
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The stove has not yet specified the severity of the injury or the recovery time that will be necessary for Bastos to return to the lawns.
The problem of Bastos with injuries has come since the end of last season. The athlete was out of the last 2024 matches due to a thigh injury.
In early 2025, after recovering from the problem, he felt injury to his debut in the season against Nova Iguaçu, being out throughout the first half.
Now, the athlete was related by coach Renato Paiva to the game against Atletico Madrid, staying in the reserve bench. The idea was to give the athlete’s drafting throughout the Club World Cup, aiming to recover him for the sequence of the season.
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With the cut of Bastos, which returns to Brazil, Botafogo has four defenders enrolled for the tournament dispute: Barboza, Jair Cunha, David Ricardo and the newly hired Kaio Fernando. The holder has been Barboza and Jair Cunha.
The next game of the stove for the Club World Cup will be against Palmeiras, on Saturday (06/28), at 13h (Brasília), in Philadelphia. Those who win face the winner of the confrontation between Benfica and Chelsea.
For the duel, besides Bastos, the stove will not have the suspended Gregore. With that, the team that can go to the field against Palmeiras is: John; Vitinho, Jair, Barboza and Alex Telles; Newton (Patrick de Paula), Marlon Freitas and Allan; Arthur, Savarino and Igor Jesus.
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Palmeiras x Botafogo: time and where to watch
- Club World Cup – Eighth Final
- Date: Saturday, June 28
- Hours: 13h (from Brasilia)
- Transmission: Globo (open TV), SporTV (closed TV, with retransmission on the streaming Globoplay by signing package), Cazétv (YouTube, Primevideo and Disney+) and Dazn.
