Atletico-MG faces Palmeiras, this Sunday (20), at 17:30 (Brasilia), for the 15th round of the Brazilian Championship. One player being the subject of the athletic fans is Dudu. After all, the attacker plays or not? THE Sporting News show.
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Will Dudu play Palmeiras x Atlético-MG?
Striker Dudu was suspended for six matches by the STJD for misogyny against President Leila Pereira of Palmeiras. He caught six suspension games in any official CBF competitions, plus a fine of $ 90,000.
Atletico-MG came with suspensive effect on Saturday night (19), but so far had no response to the request. Therefore, Dudu should not face Palmeiras at Allianz Parque.
What did Leila say about Dudu?
Leila gave testimony on Friday morning for the complaint against the athlete for misogynistic offenses. Representatives of the Brazilian Union of Women, who filed the complaint at the STJD in favor of the president, were also heard. The president of Palmeiras made new statements about the player.
– has suffered violence, has to denounce: because these aggressors are cowards. The biggest proof I’m living here. That this athlete assaulted me, offended me, and where is he? He recorded a little video that must have read on TP (Teleprompter). It must have repeated 500 times to see if it was more cute. It is not? Said the leader.
– It should be here. Come here, come face a woman. But no. It is much more comfortable being sitting reading there in TP what he has to say, because they are cowards. They like to assault in the private, at most social networking, but that it is protected there from the distance. But when looking in the eye, they don’t appear: so we have to report and expose these aggressors – added.
Dudu did not attend the session on Friday (18), in Rio de Janeiro, and recorded video, which was shown at the trial, which generated criticism from the president of Palmeiras.
Subsequently, his defense lawyer, José Eduardo Coelho Branco Junqueira Ferraz, justified that the striker is traveling in Colombia due to Bucaramanga x Atlético-MG held on Thursday by the South American Cup.
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Dudu x Leila Pereira: How the fight started
The conflict between Leila Pereira and Dudu began in May 2024, when the player was announced by Cruzeiro after signing a pre-agreement, but turned back and ended up following Palmeiras until the end of the year, when he terminated and, in fact, went to Raposa. In January 2025, Leila publicly stated that the striker “went out through the back door”, a comment that generated a strong reaction from the athlete.
In response, Dudu published on his social networks: “The truck was heavy and sent me out of the bottom doors !!! My story was giant and sincere, different from your Lady Leila Pereira. Forget me. VTNC.”, Marking the profile of the club’s president.
Due to the expression “VTNC”, Leila Pereira filed a lawsuit against Dudu in late January and requested $ 500,000 in compensation for moral damages. On April 12, it was revealed by the website “Our Lecture” that Dudu’s lawyers claimed that the acronym was the abbreviation of “I came to work in Cruzeiro”, not a curse. Dudu’s defense had 66 pages and stated that the striker suffered bullying and psychological harassment on the way out of Palmeiras.
In later interviews after the change of barbs, Leila reinforced the critical tone and attributed the player’s reactions to machismo. “If it was a man, he would not have the courage to do this, as there was never in the history of Brazilian football,” he said. In May, he returned to the theme: “I have no doubt that everything this athlete did is because I am a woman.”
