Cotia youngsters return, Artur advances as São Paulo train for Coritiba | OneFootball

After returning from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, late on Wednesday afternoon (12), the day after the 1-1 draw with Bolívar in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana round of 16, São Paulo’s squad resumed training on Thursday morning (13) at the Barra Funda training center.

The Tricolor side is now turning its attention to the clash against Coritiba in the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship, set to be played at Morumbi from 9 p.m. (Brasília time) on Saturday (15).

Expectations over Artur

The first activities of the day involved the entire group, including forward Artur, who is still recovering from pain in his left adductor. The fitness coaches led mobility drills and technical exercises as a warm-up, and then the coaching staff proposed a possession-based activity with a limit on touches.

After that, Artur joined center-back Rafael Toloi, who is recovering from an injury to the back of his right thigh, for specific fitness work. The players who logged more minutes in Bolivia ran around the pitch and then headed indoors at the training center, where they completed their recovery schedule.

For the players who remained on the field, Dorival Júnior and his assistants proposed a drill featuring two-on-one and three-on-two situations, followed by a small-sided game.

Youngsters return

After being kept out of activities in recent days following his involvement in a fatal car accident, left-back Nicolas returned to training with the group, taking part in every stage of São Paulo’s session.

Defensive midfielder Djhordney and attacking midfielder Pedro Ferreira reported back after representing the Brazil under-20 national team in two friendlies against Bolivia at Granja Comary. Both started both matches, which ended with the same scoreline: a 2-0 win for Brazil.

Tricolor will wrap up its preparations for the clash against the team from Paraná with another training session at Barra Funda on Friday morning (14), when Dorival Jr. will decide the starting lineup for the match.

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