São Paulo: Wendell returns, set to face Cruzeiro in Copa do Brasil | OneFootball

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

Left-back Wendell is set to be the biggest surprise in São Paulo's lineup for the match against Cruzeiro, taking place this Saturday at 9pm (Brasília time), at Mineirão, for the 22nd round of the Brazilian Championship.

This is because the player, who has been training in parts with his teammates since the beginning of the week, on Thursday (28) worked fully with coach Hernán Crespo and is cleared by the medical department for the game, having recovered from an injury to the back of his left thigh.

As Enzo Díaz will serve an automatic suspension for the third yellow card received in the victory over Atlético-MG, over the weekend, Wendell is all set to return as a starter in the São Paulo team.

This morning, the day started with a warm-up with coordination exercises and technical fundamentals guided by physical preparation.

Next, the players were divided by sector for tactical activities. While the defenders were doing positioning, blocking, containment, and coverage work, the offensive players were practicing play construction, crossing, and goal finishing.

Coach Hernán Crespo then led another tactical work, with zone work, in which the players had to construct plays in delimited areas of the field until reaching the attack line and finishing.

The player is recovering from fractures in three lumbar vertebrae suffered during a fall in the 2-0 victory over Corinthians, on July 19, at Morumbi. He is about to complete the sixth week of the fracture recovery process, from a predicted period of up to eight weeks, according to the athlete's clinical and functional evolution.

While deciding with the doctors what approach will be taken for the treatment of an injury to the posterior cruciate ligament and a strain in the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, the striker André Silva continues physiotherapy treatment at

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