Soteldo returns from injury and can reinforce Santos against Grêmio

the beginning of Brazilian championship approaches and the Santos will start facing Grêmio in the competition. The ball will roll next Sunday (16) at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), at the stadium alfredo jaconi, in Caxias do Sul. The big news for the game is the possible return of Venezuelan striker Yeferson Soteldo.

_{Soteldo in the match against Ferroviária (Photo: Santos/Raul Baretta)}

Soteldo has not played for Santos since the draw 1-1 against railwayat the Paulista championship, still in January. The player was injured in the match, leaving the field in pain. In the exams, it was diagnosed that the athlete suffered a total rupture of the tendon of the left pectoral muscle, then having to undergo surgery. After the procedure, Soteldo continued in treatment and returned to training in the field in mid march, still separated from the other companions.

In this Thursday’s activities, the Venezuelan returned to training normally with the rest of the team and could travel with the squad to Rio Grande do Sul. In addition to Soteldo, coach Odair Hellmann could count on the return of the defenders Alex It is Joachim and also the right side john lucas.

_{Soteldo during training this Thursday at CT Rei Pelé (Video: Reproduction/Instagram/@santosfc)}

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the striker Bruno Mezengathe sock Luan Dias and the right side Gabriel, all coming from Água Santa and announced last Wednesday (12), also trained with the group normally. The trio is already registered in the Daily Newsletter (BID) of the CBF and is fit to debut in the game against Grêmio.

the striker Stiven Mendoza returns to the pitch soon. The Colombian is at the end of his recovery and participated in part of Thursday’s activities. About that, Lucas Braga does not yet have a return date. The attacker continues in physical transition due to pubalgia and continues to train separately from the other players.

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Featured Photo: Soteldo training with Santos. (Saints/Bruno Santoni)