Luciano, Iago, Bobadilla for Boca? São Paulo race for Sul-Americana | OneFootball

On the morning of this Sunday (13), São Paulo’s squad returned to work after the defeat in the derby and already held their first training session with an eye on the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals.

The decisive match against Boca Juniors takes place this coming Tuesday (15), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Morumbi. In the first leg in Argentina, Tricolor were beaten 1-0. Dorival Júnior’s staff are racing against time to recover some key starters for the clash.

Sunday at the training center

The day’s activities at the Barra Funda training center began with the Tricolor players watching a video presentation. Next, the squad was split according to the minutes played in the match against Palmeiras. The players who were on the field longer in the derby stayed indoors and did recovery work.

The rest of the group went out onto the pitch alongside players from Tricolor’s youth teams, who were there to complete the session. The fitness coaches led a warm-up with technical drills. There was also a one-on-one and two-on-one exercise.

Dorival Júnior and his staff also held activities focused on tactics. First, there was an 11-v-11 game in a reduced space. Then, the area of the field was expanded for an attacking movement exercise. Before wrapping up the session, the players also did additional technical work.

What about the injured players?

São Paulo are once again dealing with a long injury list. Luciano, with swelling in the hamstring of his left thigh, was rested for the Choque-Rei, but trained with the group today and there is internal hope that he will be 100% fit for the showdown against Boca. The forward had already been feeling the injury in the team’s previous matches.

Meanwhile, Paraguayan player Bobadilla, who has been out for a long time due to knee pain, has progressed in his recovery process in recent days and is also another player who could return to Dorival Jr.’s squad list. However, it will depend on his progress in this final day of training and an assessment by the coaching staff to determine whether he will be available for the match against the Argentinians.

Left-back Iago, who came on late in the defeat to Palmeiras and left the field limping, was diagnosed with a mild ankle sprain, but trained normally this Sunday, even with some pain, and should not be an issue against Boca Juniors.

Tricolor’s preparations for the decisive match against Boca Jrs. will be completed this Monday (14), with the squad’s final training session at the Barra Funda training center.

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