Calderan targets Libertadores with São Paulo: "It's a sprint" | OneFootball

São Paulo begins its journey in the Copa Libertadores women's tournament this Friday. Tricolor faces San Lorenzo this Friday, starting at 8pm (Brasília time), at the Florencio Sola Stadium, for the first round of the group stage of the continental tournament.

Right-back and one of the main figures of the squad, Bruna Calderan will play her first Libertadores with the São Paulo shirt. The athlete joined the club this season and quickly stood out by taking responsibility, securing herself as an absolute starter in the position.

“I am very happy to have this kind of responsibility. I try, everywhere I go, to always give my best and deliver everything I can within the conditions I have. Having this prominence is very special to me. Competing in the Libertadores also has a huge meaning. I have always liked this competition very much,” said the defender.

This will be the third Libertadores for Bruna Calderan, who has already competed in the competition for her former club, Palmeiras. In 2022, the full-back was a starter in the Alviverde title campaign, as well as in 2023, when the club finished with the runner-up. Now, she goes in search of the unprecedented achievement for Tricolor.

“In the two times I participated, in 2022 we were champions and in 2023 we finished in second place. Now, I will strive to give my best again so that we can achieve something very special and important for São Paulo, which is our main objective,” Calderan projected.

São Paulo is in Group C of the women's Libertadores and will face Colo-Colo (Chile), San Lorenzo (ARG) and Olimpia (PAR). The top two advance to the quarterfinals. Going to her third edition of the tournament, Bruna Calderan plans to use the experience to lead Tricolor to the title.

“Having won the Libertadores in 2022 was very important for my career. What I bring from that experience is that each game needs to be faced as a final. It's a short tournament, so the focus has to be game by game, resting as much as possible, because the matches happen in sequence. If we worry about many things at the same time, we end up not being able to do the main thing, which is to win each game,” the athlete concluded.

See São Paulo's matches in the women's Libertadores

Group C

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