Got time off! After Sul-Americana progress, São Paulo alter plans | OneFootball

São Paulo was supposed to have a full week, with no days off for the squad, with training sessions at the training center in addition to two matches during the period. After the first of them, a 3-1 win over Bolívar that secured qualification in the Copa Sudamericana, the schedule changed.

The club announced that the tricolor squad was given Wednesday off (19), with only the players recovering from injuries working at the Barra Funda training center.

And the injury list is not short: Rafael Toloi (transition phase after a strain in the back of his right thigh), Lucas (surgery on the Achilles tendon in his right leg), Lucca (jaw fracture), Bobadilla (pain in his right knee) and Arboleda (swelling in his left adductor) were the absences for the team in the clash against the Bolivians.

Of these, the greatest expectation for a near return is center-back Toloi, who is already in the final stage of recovering from his thigh injury.

On Thursday morning (20), the full squad will return to training at the club’s training center, as will happen over the following two days, in preparation for Sunday’s match (23) against Chapecoense, away from home, in the Brasileirão.

On Saturday (22), São Paulo will train at Barra Funda and then travel in the afternoon to Chapecó (SC), where they will stay focused ahead of the match against the bottom team in the national competition.

This would have been the second straight week without a day off for the Tricolor players, who are still going through a rough spell on the pitch, eased, it is true, after clinching qualification at home against Bolívar. Because they won, they earned a day of rest.

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