FIFA break: São Paulo rest, aim to get Lucas and Oscar firing again | OneFootball

After the defeat in the derby against Palmeiras and taking advantage of the FIFA Date, the São Paulo squad got a few refreshing days off this week.

According to the schedule released by the club, the tricolor group will return to work only on the afternoon of this Thursday (9), at the Barra Funda training center.

Between last Monday (6) and Wednesday (8), only athletes recovering from injuries at Reffis will be working.

A golden opportunity for coach Hernán Crespo to see if he can have any reinforcements in time for the club's next game at Morumbi, on the 16th (Thursday), at 7 pm (Brasília time), against Grêmio, away from home.

Currently, the Tricolor has five players in its medical department: Calleri (surgery on the left knee), Ryan Francisco (surgery on the left knee), André Silva (posterior cruciate ligament injury and anterior cruciate ligament strain in the right knee), Luan (right adductor injury), and Rafael Tolói (injury in the posterior region of the left thigh).

Of all of them, only Tolói has a chance to recover in time for the match against the Gauchos. It is expected (and hoped) that Luan can start the transition during this period, but still without full conditions to play.

Apart from the injured, the period without games will serve for the physical preparation to improve the condition of idols Lucas and Oscar. Although they have recovered from their injuries and are even being listed (the number 7, for example, even played against Palmeiras), it is clear that both are far from their best physical shape.

For this reason, the internal priority is to get the duo in full condition so they can finally play without restrictions until the end of the season.

Oscar and Lucas have not played together for São Paulo since March 10, in the elimination in the semifinals of the Paulista Championship against the green rival. The absence of both at the same time complicated Crespo's life in the Brazil Cup and Libertadores, where the team was eliminated in both in the quarterfinals.

For the match against Grêmio, Crespo already knows he can count on Rigoni, who served a suspension in the derby after being sent off against Fortaleza. On the other hand, he lost Pablo Maia, who received the third yellow card and is suspended.

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