The Brazilian team prepared the collection of penalties in training this Thursday, July 1, 2021, the last before Friday’s match with Chile for the quarterfinals of the Copa América and in which left-back Alex Sandro shone by his absence, which became a doubt for him commitment.
The game will be on July 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
Given the possibility that the classification at semifinals has to be decided by kicks from the penalty spot in case of a draw at the end of regulation time, the Brazilian coach, Adenor Leonardo Bacchi Tite, he put his players to practice collecting from the twelve steps.
The goalkeeper ederson, in a press conference that he granted this Friday, he admitted that he may be one of those responsible for the collection of penalties as he does in the Manchester City.
“We know that in football everything can happen and if the coach chooses me I will do it, but we have high quality collectors and we have to be prepared for all situations,” he said.
Tite once again hid his possible lineup for the quarterfinal match in Rio de Janeiro, but the few minutes of training broadcast by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) showed that Canarinha will have difficulties to have a left back.
This is due to the fact that Alex Sandro could not participate in the practice for the second day in a row due to a muscle discomfort in one of the legs that he complained about last Tuesday. The player of the Juventus Italian He has been treated by physiotherapists in Brazil and his possible alignment is in doubt.
The other left-back called up by Brazil for the Copa América is Renan Lodi (Atlético de Madrid), who suffered a “severe trauma” to his hip in Sunday’s game in which Canarinha drew 1-1 with Ecuador and whose exclusion from the list of summoned came to be analyzed.
Renan Lodi did not participate in training on Tuesday or Wednesday because he was under the care of physiotherapists, but this Thursday he did go to the court and worked apparently without discomfort.
The Atlético de Madrid side will have to be lined up, even after the three-day break and the doubts it generated, in case Alex Sandro is not in condition.
In addition to ordering the interruption of the broadcasts of the training by Internet before separating its possible headlines for Friday, Tite refused to announce his team in the press conference he gave.
???? The photos from the training of #Brazilian Team at Granja Comary!
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— CBF Football (@CBF_Futebol) July 1, 2021
The only one who ratified was goalkeeper Ederson, but he gave clues that Eder Militao (Real Madrid), whose work he praised, will be able to take the place of some of his two starting defenders: Marquinhos (PSG) or Thiago Silva.
Although Tite used almost all of his summoned in the first four Copa América matches – the only exception was defender Felipe who had to be called off due to injury – since he wanted to test players and tactical options, most likely to the game with Chile returns to use the usual headline.
This is because after three victories (3-0 over Venezuela, 4-0 over Peru and 2-1 over Colombia), Canarinha gave up a 1-1 draw on Sunday in what was their worst presentation and in which they used several of his alternate theorists.
Friday’s game at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro will measure the winners of the last three editions of the Copa América, since Chile was the champion in 2015 and 2016, and Brazil in 2019, when it was also the host.
The winner of this match will be measured in the semifinals to the winner of the quarterfinal duel between Peru and Paraguay.
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