In a shorter period than expected, Tiquinho Soares is recovered from a knee injury and will reinforce Botafogo against Flamengo, for the 22nd round of the Brasileirão
A little less than a month after the confirmation of his injury, Tiquinho Soares will return to the lawns and face the Flamengo in the next round, this Saturday, the 2nd, at 21:00 (Brasília time). Recovered from a knee problem, the striker Botafogo is the great reinforcement of the team for this very important confrontation in the Brazilianaccording to ‘GE‘.
So far, there is still no information if the number 9 starts the match as a starter or on the bench. However, the certainty is that Tiquinho will be available to Bruno Lage. Due to the complexity of the injury, the expectation is that the player will not play the full 90 minutes. So, it depends on how the committee prefers to manage its minutes in the field.
As a protocol, Bruno Lage does not define the starting team until the briefing, which takes place on the day of the game, hours before the ball rolls. Therefore, there is already an outline of your choices on account of the names that were spared against the Defense and Justicefor the quarterfinals of the South American.
With Tiquinho as starter or reserve, Diego Costa will also be available and should also enter the field against Flamengo. However, a position that has been giving work to the Portuguese coach is the right wing, which has already had victor sabut you can count on Tche Tche working in the hallway, as has happened on other occasions.
With the elimination in the South American, Botafogo only has the Brasileirão until the end of the year. Therefore, with 11 points of advantage for the palm treeswhich is still alive in liberatorsBruno Lage’s team will have much more time to train and focus on the competition.
Source: sportbuzz
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