Nino and Felipe Melo are training with the group and may return to Fluminense in the Libertadores final | Fluminense

Seemingly, Fluminense He is supposed to be at maximum strength before the Conmebol Libertadores final next Saturday. The reason for concern among the fans is that Nino and Felipe Melo, who form the team’s main defensive duo, trained normally with the group on Monday afternoon, at CT Carlos Castillo, and appear to have recovered from their physical problems.

Nino suffered a strain in the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee when he was working with the Brazilian national team in Data FIFA, and he has not played since October 8. It usually takes a month to recover from the injury, but the Tri-Color Medical Department was able to speed up the process. The defender returned to training last Saturday with those who did not travel to face Atletico MG, and was returned to the main group on Monday.

Felipe Melo, in turn, had a milder problem: he felt a tingling sensation in his thigh last Wednesday and left the field in the first half of the match against Goias at the Estadio Raulino de Oliveira. The defender, who has also been dealing with pain in his left knee all season, has been recovering the past few days and training normally on Monday at CT.

Boca Juniors and Fluminense They will face each other in the Conmebol Libertadores final on November 4, at 5pm (Brasilia time), at the Maracanã. Since the final is a single match, whoever wins is the champion. In the event of a tie, the decision goes to extra time, and if the tie continues, penalty kicks are resorted to.

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