Alisson back, Cotia youth in as Crespo reshuffles v Santos | OneFootball

Hardly had they finished celebrating the victory over Flamengo in the Brasileirão, São Paulo already wrapped up their preparations this Friday (30th) for the weekend’s classic against Santos, which is valid for the Paulistão.

The training session at CT da Barra Funda brought many new developments as well as concerns. Alisson, whose move to Corinthians did not go through after the rival club was dissatisfied with São Paulo’s loan conditions, was reintegrated into the squad and participated in Crespo’s training session as usual.

The midfielder, in fact, showed that everything is fine with the squad. He was warmly welcomed by some teammates, with lots of jokes and laughter, especially with his close friend Pablo Maia. Watch at the end of the article.

DUO COULD MISS OUT

The morning of adjustments for the San-São began with a warm-up session, which also included a physical circuit. In this part of the training, forward Calleri and midfielder Danielzinho, both starters against Flamengo, stayed inside the training center for physical work, but they are not a concern for Tricolor. However, the duo may be rested by Crespo for the classic, to avoid excessive fatigue in this hectic national calendar.

Afterwards, the São Paulo players were divided into two teams for a collective drill, where Crespo tested lineups for the next match. There was also a finishing session for part of the group.

The starters from the comeback win over Flamengo, in the Brasileirão debut last Wednesday (28th), also did recovery exercises indoors and ran on the pitch.

Just like in last Monday’s (29th) return to training, coach Hernán Crespo called up Igor Felisberto, Djhordney, and Tetê to join the training session – they took part in São Paulo’s runner-up campaign in the last Copinha. In addition to the trio, the Argentine coach brought in a group of young players from Cotia to participate in this morning’s training in the capital.

WILL HE ROTATE THE SQUAD?

Since São Paulo will face Santos twice in a row, this Saturday (31st) for the Paulista and next Wednesday (2/4) for the Brasileirão, coach Crespo is expected to rest some starters, giving the squad more playing time, and could even bring attacking midfielder Lucas back to the starting lineup, after he was left out against Flamengo by the Argentine coach’s decision. He may also change the formation again, returning to the 4-3-3.

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