Neto surprises and pinpoints true stars of Brazilian football

Neto’s initial comment, in Os Donos da Bola, usually addresses several topics at once. In this Wednesday’s edition (1/5), the former player contested certain expenses at Corinthians with athletes of dubious technical ability. In this scenario, the Band professional also mentioned Lucas, from SPFC, as an example of lower than expected cost-benefit since his return to Brazilian football.

“Look at Lucas. He came, scored four goals and doesn’t play anything like what you think Lucas does. He gets hurt all the time, he’s hurt again. Nobody says anything. He played 28 games, four goals and you say he’s a great. Craque?”, asks Neto, who then chose those who are above average.

“The star is Gabigol, Pedro, Raphael Veiga, Caio Alexandre, Everton Ribeiro, Arrascaeta, Hulk, Paulinho, Guilherme Arana. These are real stars”, said the presenter.

In fact, Lucas’ current season with the Tricolor shirt is disappointing. In the first game of the Campeonato Paulista, against Santo André, the first injury. Later, he was selected in the classic with Corinthians, in Itaquera, and was substituted at half-time.

After a period of treatment, he returned and participated in some matches. Until on April 4th, the team’s debut in the Libertadores against Talleres, the number 7 was found to have a muscle injury on the back of his left thigh. Since then, he has remained out of action and there is no clear timeline for his return to the field.

Initially, the expectation is that he will be in a position to play against Cobresal, in Chile, in the fourth round of the group stage of the continental competition.

Quoted by Neto, SPFC will have a role in the Copa do Brasil

Due to the sequence of games and, consequently, the physical exhaustion of the athletes, coach Luis Zubeldía decided to spare some players from the trip to Pará, where SPFC will face Águia de Marabá, Thursday, at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), in Mangueirão, in the third phase of the Copa do Brasil.

Lucian, CalleriIgor Vinicius, Alisson and Arboleda They didn’t even travel with the delegation. James Rodríguez, with ankle pain, was also left out.

A likely line-up for SPFC against Águia de Marabá is as follows: Jandrei, Moreira, Diego Costa (Sabino), Ferraresi and Patryck; Luiz Gustavo and Bobadilla; Ferreira (Erick), Galoppo and Nestor; William Gomes.