Left-back headache for Crespo as São Paulo near season's end | OneFootball

The left-back position has become a major problem for coach Hernán Crespo in this final stretch of the Brazilian Championship. After Wendell's injury, Enzo Díaz became the latest player in the position to be sidelined due to a physical problem.

Enzo underwent surgery this Wednesday in Argentina to correct a left inguinal hernia and is out for the season. Because of it, the player had been experiencing a lot of pain in the area and was even absent from São Paulo's match against Grêmio.

Wendell, on the other hand, suffered a partial rupture of the plantar fascia and has also been missing from Tricolor's games. It is unlikely that he will have a chance to return before the end of the Brasileirão.

Thus, the only option left for the position is Patryck Lanza. However, the young player from the youth academy has not convinced the technical staff led by Hernán Crespo that he has the potential to take over the starting role at left-back.

Proof of this was the lineup of forward Ferreirinha, improvised in the position as a left-winger, in the draw with Flamengo at Vila Belmiro.

Without his two main options for the left-back position, Hernán Crespo will take advantage of the break for the FIFA date to test alternatives in training, as São Paulo will only return to the field on November 20, against Corinthians, at the Neo Química Arena.

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