Lucca frozen out: only youngster dropped by Dorival Jr, stays in U20s | OneFootball

São Paulo have already resumed training during this break for the World Cup and are working at full speed at the Barra Funda training center. Dorival Júnior is finally getting time to implement his ideas with the team during this Tricolor mid-season break.

The young players in the squad who had been playing for Júlio Baptista’s under-20 team during this period so they would not lose match fitness have already returned to the senior squad. But with the exception of one name.

Ryan Francisco, Osorio, Tete, Nicolas, Djhordney and Pedro Ferreira are already training under Dorival at Barra Funda. But one has been left aside, forward Lucca, who remains with the youth team for now.

The young winger was the only one from the group that had already been involved with the senior team to remain with the under-20s at the start of this week, and he took part in the team’s 1-0 win over Fortaleza this Tuesday (23) in the Brazilian under-20 championship.

Dorival preferred to work more closely with the also skillful winger Tete, who has moved ahead of Lucca in the coach’s preferences at the moment. Everything will still depend on how the Tricolor squad is shaped for the second half of the season.

For the attacking positions, São Paulo already have everything agreed with Victor Sá, who will be officially announced in the coming days. But there should be no more attacking signings beyond him.

So Lucca will continue playing for the youth team until further notice, waiting for another call-up from Dorival Jr. to show that he can be useful to the Tricolor’s main squad.

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