Oscar cleared for fitness, São Paulo face academy youngsters | OneFootball

This Thursday, at SuperCT, São Paulo took another step in the preparation for the match against Botafogo, for the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship, at Morumbis. Besides the return of the called-up players, the big news of the day was the clearance of Oscar to start his physical transition.

Recovering from fractures in three lumbar vertebrae, the midfielder will begin his physical transition, the final stage before returning to the field, this Friday. In Thursday's training, the player performed work guided by the club's physiotherapists, with ball and finishing exercises.

Oscar hasn't played since July 19, when São Paulo defeated Corinthians, in the 15th round of the Brazilian Championship, 2-0, at Morumbis.

The rest of the São Paulo squad was divided into two teams by coach Hernán Crespo. The two groups performed a warm-up on the field, a positional tactical work, and finally, a collective game against youth team players.

The Venezuelan Ferraresi and the Chilean Gonzalo Tapia, who were with their national teams during the FIFA date, returned this Thursday and trained indoors at SuperCT. The Paraguayan Bobadilla, who was also called up, returns this Friday but is suspended for São Paulo's next game.

Injured Players

Among the injured, Lucas Moura (removal of fibrosis from the right knee by arthroscopy) and André Silva (posterior cruciate ligament injury and anterior cruciate ligament strain in the right knee) remained at REFFIS Plus for physiotherapy work.

Besides them, Ryan Francisco, Jonathan Calleri, and Hugo continued their knee injury recovery schedules. Finally, midfielder Luiz Gustavo (pulmonary thromboembolism) joined the other athletes in all activities without physical contests and collisions, in addition to aerobic and strength exercises.

São Paulo vs Botafogo

The match between São Paulo and Botafogo, valid for the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship, takes place this Sunday at 5:30 PM (Brasília time), at Morumbis.

Coming from a defeat in the last round, Tricolor occupies the 7th position, with 32 points. On the other hand, Glorioso is in 5th place, with 35 points.

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