Santos set to drop Elano for Libertadores semifinal

 RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Manchester City midfielder Elano is set to be relegated¹ to the bench for Santos' Copa Libertadores semifinal second leg against Corinthians on Wednesday.

Having lost last week's first leg at home 1-0, Santos trained on Monday with three strikers: Neymar, Alan Kardec and Borges - a formation that, if adopted Wednesday, would almost certainly cost Elano's place in the starting line-up.

Borges, who began the first leg on bench, gave the reigning² champions a more dangerous edge when called upon to replace Elano in the second half.

Star midfielder Paulo Henrique Ganso was rested from Monday's session as he continues his recovery from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on June 25.

"He was given the day off as a precaution, but he trained fully³ with the team on Sunday and will be fine," midfielder Arouca said.

Meanwhile Corinthians coach Tite ruled out the prospect⁴ of playing for a draw, which would be enough to guarantee the club a place in the final.

"We have to be aggressive against a team of Santos' quality," Tite said. "In the last 10 minutes we might do that, or if we are reduced to 10 men. But you can be sure that we will be going out with the intention of winning the game."

1 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。