Sao Paulo continues unable to count on Lucas Moura, who is in the final stages of recovery of a right knee injury. The 32-year-old striker, Tricolor’s shirt 7, has been out of action since the day May 6, 2025when he participated for 29 minutes of the match against Alianza Lima-PER for Libertadores. Since then, it has not entered the field anymore.
The injury that turned away Luke originates in a trauma suffered in March 11in the defeat to Palmeiras for the semifinal of the Paulista Championship. At the time, he hit the knee on the Allianz Parque synthetic lawn, which resulted in a partial ligament injury and a knee capsule stretch. After that, even returning gradually, he felt pain again and had to move again after the games against Fortaleza (May 2) e Alianza Lima (May 6).
To accelerate treatment, the club reported that Lucas underwent an interventionist procedure with analgesic drugs and ultrasound-guided anti-inflammatory drugs to accelerate recovery. He has also done back on the lawn and ball exercises two weeks ago.
The optimistic forecast is that Lucas is released from the day August 6completing three months of removal since the last match. If the schedule is maintained, it can return against the Victoryon the day August 9for the Brazilian Championship.
No August 12o São Paulo opens the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadoresagainst Atletico Nacional-COL.
Meanwhile, the midfielder follows with intensive care of the medical department and physical therapy at Barra Funda CT, in the process of physical transition.
Lucas Moura numbers in 2025
- 13 games
- 3 goals
- 1 assistance
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