Onto a 3rd boss this year: Dorival Júnior to rescue São Paulo | OneFootball

São Paulo have already returned to training after the defeat to Fluminense, but it is only this Monday (18) that new coach Dorival Júnior will begin his work at the Morumbi club for the third time in his career.

In Rio de Janeiro, when the team was beaten 2-1 this Saturday (16), caretaker manager Milton Cruz was once again in charge of Tricolor, just as he had been in the training sessions when the team was without a coach after Roger Machado was dismissed.

Dorival was announced on Friday (15), and this Monday afternoon, at 2 p.m. (Brasília time), he will be officially presented as São Paulo’s coach in a press conference to be held at CT da Barra Funda.

Only after speaking to the press will Júnior officially begin his new spell at the club, with training scheduled for the afternoon. And it will be the coach’s only session before the Copa Sudamericana clash on Tuesday (19) against Millonarios at Morumbi.

For the match, Dorival Jr. will assess whether he will get any reinforcements from the team’s injured players, who make up a lengthy list. In Sunday’s training session (17), Marcos Antônio made good progress in his recovery and could be a welcome boost in the coming days. After Hernán Crespo and Roger Machado, Tricolor are hoping their third coach of the season can help them rediscover the path to strong performances.

HE WANTS ARBOLEDA

One player who could return to action for São Paulo at the coach’s request is Arboleda. As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR reported last Friday (15), during the negotiations for his return the new coach already spoke with the board about the Arboleda case and admitted that he wants to bring the defender back and talk to him personally. Dorival considers him an essential part of the squad and was not pleased with the possibility of letting him go so easily.

And on Saturday night (16), after São Paulo’s 2-1 defeat to Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, journalist Alexandre Salvador, during a live stream on the Arnaldo e Tironi channel, confirmed AMT’s report, stating that the Ecuadorian center-back will indeed be reintegrated into the squad in the coming days.

According to the report, Arboleda is expected to spend about ten more days training until he regains his ideal physical condition, since he spent a month without training while ‘in hiding’ in Ecuador.

Depending on the defender’s progress, he could return for the clash against Boston River on the 26th in the Copa Sudamericana, but the most likely scenario is that he returns against Remo in the Brasileirão, in the last match before the World Cup break, on May 30 in Belém (PA).

Dorival Jr.’s meeting with Arboleda early this week will be decisive in whether or not the player is reintegrated, although the coach wants that to happen. The constant injuries to center-backs, along with poor performances from some players in that position, have also strengthened the coach’s desire to bring the Ecuadorian back.

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