Foreign stars back, new signing trains, Crespo eyes Paulistão decider | OneFootball

The São Paulo team's return this Wednesday (18) was filled with news in Barra Funda. After two days off for Carnival following their qualification for the quarter-finals of the Paulistão, the squad returned to work at the training center.

The main return was defender Arboleda, who was allowed to travel to Ecuador last week to resolve personal matters and missed the Tricolor's victories over Grêmio and Ponte Preta. The international player participated normally in the activities and could strengthen the team over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Paraguayan Bobadilla, recovered from a right thigh injury that kept him out of the last match, was another participant in the activities led by Hernán Crespo and is also expected to be a new addition against Bragantino in the knockout match.

Finally, midfielder Cauly, São Paulo's new signing introduced this Wednesday, also trained with his teammates at the Barra Funda training center and has already had his name included in the CBF's BID, depending only on Crespo to play, as he is legally cleared to play for Tricolor. On Tuesday (15), a day off for the group, Cauly had already completed an individualized physical workout.

Still transitioning in his recovery from a knee injury, forward André Silva participated in the warm-up and the non-contact parts of the work along with his teammates, and then returned to the physical preparation schedule, already in its final stage. The number 17 is expected to return to the field next March.

With so many returns, one name remains absent from the squad, forward Ferreirinha. Rested from the last Tricolor game due to an overload in the right adductor muscle, the winger stayed inside the training center for strengthening work and then went to the field for individual activities with the physical preparation team.

In the training session partially open to the press, the players started the day with physical work, followed by activities on the field. There, Hernán Crespo's staff divided the group for ball warm-up and small-sided games, focusing on tactical improvement, as well as technical drills aimed at building plays.

The São Paulo group returns to work on Thursday morning (19) at the Barra Funda training center to continue preparing for the quarter-final match against Bragantino, scheduled for this Saturday (21) at 6:30 PM (Brasília time), at the Cícero de Souza Marques stadium in Bragança Paulista.

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