Neymar Out of Grêmio Vs Santos on May 23
Neymar will not play in grêmio vs santos on Saturday, May 23, after pain in his right calf kept him out of Santos’s trip to Porto Alegre. The match is in the 17th round of the Brasileirão Série A at Arena do Grêmio, with kickoff set for 19:00 Brasília time.
Neymar Misses Arena Do Grêmio
The absence removes Santos’s No. 10 from a match that had been set to test Cuca’s options in attack. Neymar’s name never made it onto the travel plan for the visit to Grêmio, and the final selection was built without him.
Santos also lost Barreal to suspension after his red card against Coritiba. Rollheiser did not travel with the squad, which leaves the coach with fewer attacking and midfield choices for a road match that already demanded a tighter rotation.
Cuca’s Probable Santos Lineup
The probable lineup listed Gabriel Brazão, Igor Vinicius, Adonís Frías, Lucas Verissimo, Escobar, William Arão, Gustavo Henrique, Gabriel Bontempo, Miguelito, Rony and Gabigol. That shape gives Santos a front line without Neymar and forces the rest of the group to carry the attacking load in Porto Alegre.
Several other names were also tied up in the medical department: Vinícius Lira with a left knee injury, Gabriel Menino with a right hamstring injury, João Schmidt with a right hamstring injury, Thaciano with a right thigh muscle injury and Rollheiser with a muscle problem. Those absences narrow the bench and reduce the coach’s options if the game turns in the second half.
Grêmio And Santos In Porto Alegre
The match was scheduled for Saturday, May 23, at 19:00 Brasília time at Arena do Grêmio, and it was set to be shown on Premiere. For Santos, the immediate issue is simple: the squad goes into the fixture without its best-known forward and with multiple unavailable players already trimming the plan.
That leaves Cuca to manage a short-handed group in a league match where every point matters in the 17th round. The starting XI can still compete, but the margin for error shrinks once Neymar, Barreal and Rollheiser are all out of the picture.
