Awaiting Dorival Jr., São Paulo return with injured trio boost | OneFootball

Back at the Barra Funda training center after the 2-1 loss to Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), in the Brazilian Championship, São Paulo’s squad trained with some good news this Sunday (17).

Midfielder Marcos Antônio, who is recovering from a right rectus femoris injury, began gradually rejoining training with his Tricolor teammates this morning.

Alongside the players who did not start at the Maracanã, the defensive midfielder completed the entire warm-up and the first part of training with the group. Afterwards, the No. 8 did individualized additional work with São Paulo’s fitness staff. There is hope that he will return to the pitch before the break for the World Cup.

In today’s field activities, led by assistant coaches Milton Cruz and James Freitas, the Tricolor players worked on crosses and finishing, as well as drills simulating two-on-one and three-on-two game situations.

Meanwhile, the players who featured for most of the match against Fluminense did recovery work indoors at the three-time world champion’s training center.

Argentine center-back Alan Franco (in transition after a minor strain in his right adductor) and forward Luciano (swelling in the back of his right thigh) also made progress in their recoveries and ran on the pitch.

This Monday (18), after head coach Dorival Júnior is presented, Tricolor will once again wrap up preparations at Barra Funda for the match against Millonarios (COL), which will be played next Tuesday (19) at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at Morumbi, in the fifth round of Group C of the Copa Sudamericana.

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