Marcos Antonio out with thigh injury, back for São Paulo decider | OneFootball

Midfielder is another casualty on the endless Tricolor list (Photo: Paulo Pinto/SPFC)

MARCIO MONTEIRO

@avantmtricolor

The week started terribly for São Paulo. Early on Monday morning (25th), the clubwas notified of a transfer ban by FIFA due to non-payment, had André Silva's injury confirmed, and now loses another player due to injury.

MidfielderMarcos Antonio was diagnosed with a muscle injury in the posterior region of his left thigh, which kept him out of the victory over Atlético-MG this Sunday (24th), and he will also be unavailable for the club for at least three weeks.

Marcos felt discomfort in the posterior muscle of his left thigh and left as a precaution to avoid worsening his condition. The number 20 himself requested the substitution, still in the first half of the match.

The player has already started the recovery process at Tricolor's Reffis Plus and theexpectation is that Marcos will be available to Hernán Crespo's technical team for the match against LDU, in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.

São Paulo's first match against the Ecuadorians is on the next September 18th, a Thursday, at 7 pm (Brasília time), at the altitude of Quito. The return leg is scheduled for Morumbi, a week later, on the 25th, at the same time.

DREAM OF THE NATIONAL TEAM POSTPONED

There are, therefore, 23 days for Marcos Antonio to recover and not be absent in the Libertadores decision. But immediately, another dream of the midfielder was thwarted.

This afternoon, the Brazilian National Team was called up by coach Carlo Ancelotti, andMarcos Antonio had great chances of being called by the coach for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers matches, in this approaching FIFA Date.

With Brazil already qualified for the 2026 World Cup, Ancelotti will take advantage of the matches in this FIFA Date, against Chile and Bolivia for the World Cup Qualifiers, to observe some names that have not been called up, among them would be Marcos Antonio, representing Tricolor. The call-up will have to wait for another moment.

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