Depending on their physical fitness, Val Baiano and Marquinhos can now travel to Porto Alegre with the rest of the group that will face Internacional on Sunday (25.07) at Beira-Rio. Coach Toninho Oliveira explained that the attackers are not yet at their best, but warned that they can be used if coach Rogério Lourenço wishes.

"They can participate in some part of the game. They're not 100%, but they've been training hard for a few days, they're improving and what they need is more match fitness," he explained.

The training sessions for Marquinhos and Val Baiano were opposite. While the attacking midfielder strengthened his muscles, the center forward lost weight to be available.

"Val showed up overweight, but he's already lost a lot and is close to his ideal weight. Marquinhos has been working progressively to maintain his weight and gain muscle. Marquinhos is registered and we have to see if Val will be released so Rogério can decide whether to use him or not," he added.

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After training, both Val Baiano and Marquinhos spoke briefly with Zico and Rogério Lourenço and the tendency is that both will actually be part of the delegation that will go to Porto Alegre at the weekend.

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