After the forced break of almost a month because of the Club World Cup dispute, the Brazilian Championship returns on Saturday (12) with the reinforced casts, under the command of new coaches and farewells.
With a victory over Chelsea in the group stage and eliminated in the round of 16 by Bayern Munich, Flamengo returns to the field defending the leadership of the National against Sao Paulo, in Maracanã, at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), the same international time and victory, in Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre.
Also on Saturday, Vasco and Botafogo make the classic carioca of the round at Mané Garrincha, in Brasilia, at 18:30, while Bahia receives Atletico Mineiro at Fonte Nova, in Salvador, at 21h.
The only representative of São Paulo in the World Cup, Palmeiras had the duel against Santos scheduled for the weekend postponed by CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) and enters the field only on Wednesday (16), against Mirassol, Allianz.
Abel Ferreira’s team, eliminated in the quarterfinals by Chelsea, returns without Estevão, elected three times the best of the match in the World Cup, which went to the English tormentor in agreed since mid -2024.
With his departure, striker Felipe Anderson, who also operates on the right, can gain space. Announced in April 2024, it has not yet been able to get in. In the club’s Cup, the 32 -year -old played only at the debut against Porto, following the rest of the reserve bank campaign.
To the left, with Paulinho out of action until the end of the season due to a new surgical procedure in the right cinnamon, Palmeiras announced on Wednesday (9) Paraguayan Ramón Sosa, 25, who was at Nottingham Forest of England.
Who also took advantage of the break to reinforce the squad was Santos. The midfielder Willian Aaron arrived from Panathinaikos from Greece and right-back Igor Vinícius, a bass of the Santos base in Sao Paulo.
The main bet of the Baixada Santista team to get into the Brazilian and move away from the relegation zone, however, is on the return of Neymar. After suffering from two muscle lesions in the left thigh in the first half, the striker took advantage of the championship break to improve physical conditions.
With a renewed contract with Santos until the end of the year, Neymar participated on Thursday night (10) of the first time of friendly against the railway sports, opening the penalty score in a 3-1 win.
The expectation of the coaching staff is being able to count on the ace in the Brazilian matches for 90 minutes – until here, he has only a full match since his return, against Inter de Limeira. The next commitment is on Wednesday, against Flamengo, in Vila Belmiro.
Only one position above Santos, 14th in the table, in São Paulo, the main news will be in the reserve bench, with the reasons of Argentine coach Hernán Crespo, who arrived to replace the countryman Luis Zubeldía.
With only two wins after 12 rounds, dangerous with the relegation zone, and no budget space for large signings, Tricolor has the return of important athletes such as Lucas Moura, Oscar and Ferreirinha, away from injury, to get a recovery in the championship.
The team lost midfielder Matheus Alves, who left Russia’s CSKA and defender Ruan, who had not renewed the loan through Italy’s Sassuolo.
In a more delicate financial situation, living with back salaries, Corinthians has not yet been able to close with new reinforcements after seeing attempts to repact Sporting’s striker Biel and has turned to maintaining major names.
Memphis Depay notified the club at the end of June for a debt of around $ 6 million and threatened not to re -present. Corinthians paid part of the debts and the player normally performed, but was missing training on Wednesday and raised speculation about a possible exit.
The Dutch midfielder had a meeting the next day with the club’s acting president, Osmar Stabile, “justified the absence and expressed his desire to stay,” Corinthians said in a statement.
Among the Rio teams that played the Club Cup, Fluminense is what comes back with the most moral from the United States.
Team of lower investment among Brazilians in the competition, the team led by Renato Gaúcho was the one that best knew how to arm themselves against European favorites and surprised to advance to the semifinal leaving the much larger budget teams, such as Inter Milan and Al Hilal.
On the way back to the Brazilian dispute, Tricolor das Laranjeiras runs the risk of having an important loss. Jhon Arias, elected the best of the match three times in the World Cup, has offers from Premier League teams and can leave.
Bringing in his luggage the historic victory over PSG, Botafogo also returns to the Brazilian under new command. With the resignation of Renato Paiva days after the end of the tournament, the team of General Severiano announced on Tuesday (8) Davide Ancelotti, son of Carlo Anceloti, of the Brazilian team.
Davide had been working on Carlo’s commissions since 2012. He accompanied his father at Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern, Napoli and Everton and also arrived with him to the national team of Brazil.
The new coach will no longer be able to count on striker Igor Jesus and defender Jair, negotiated with Nottingham Forest, with the board of directors in search of reinforcements. Luis Guilherme of West Ham is one of the names that matters.
Flamengo, who also had a weight loss in the squad, with the departure of Gerson to Zenit, must have in Jorginho, who debuted for the team in the United States, the new pillar of the team in midfield.
The Gávea club eventually had to go back to hiring Irish striker Mikey Johnston of West Bromwich, the second division of England, in the face of the negative reaction of the fans and the board, and waged for the negotiation of the jewel of the Victor Hugo base, which would leave to Famelicão, from Portugal, without financial compensation.
The failed negotiations raised questions from the board of the board of the board of the soccer director, José Boto, confidence name of President Luiz Eduardo Baptista. Important cast names, such as Pedro and Arrascaeta, would also have shown discontent with the way the director deals with the players on a daily basis.
Next round of the Brazilian
Saturday (12.Jul)
Flamengo x Sao Paulo
4:30 pm (Brasília), in Maracanã
Internacional x Vitória
16h30, in Beira-Rio
Vasco x Botafogo
18h30, in Mané Garrincha
Bahia x Atlético-MG
21h, at the Fonte Nova Arena
Domingo (13.jul)
Corinthians x Bragantino
19h, at the Arena Neo Chemistry
Cruise x Grêmio
8:30 pm, in Mineirão
Fortaleza x Ceará
8:30 pm at the Castelão Arena
Monday (14.Jul)
Youth x Sport
20h, in Alfredo Jaconi
