São Paulo back, midfield blow for Roger Machado before Copa bow | OneFootball

Back at the Barra Funda training center after the defeat to Vasco da Gama last Saturday (18) in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo’s squad reconvened on the morning of this Sunday (19) and began preparations for their 2026 Copa do Brasil debut.

On the night of next Tuesday (21), at 7:15 p.m. (Brasília time), at Morumbi, Tricolor will host Juventude in the first leg of the fifth round of the national competition, where they will make their debut.

At this morning’s return to training at the club’s training center, the players were split into two groups: the starters did recovery work indoors, while the rest trained on the pitch.

The on-field activities began with a warm-up that included a fitness circuit led by the coaching staff. After that, the players were divided into two teams for an 11-on-11 match, split into two halves.

NEW ABSENCE

One absentee from today’s training session was Bobadilla. The midfielder felt unwell after yesterday’s match and began treatment while still in the locker room at São Januário Stadium.

This morning, he was taken to Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, where he was diagnosed with acute gastroenterocolitis. The defensive midfielder received treatment for the symptoms and supportive hydration and will now continue to be monitored so he can return to activities with his teammates, and he could miss the Copa do Brasil opener.

For the match against Juventude, São Paulo will have right-back Lucas Ramon and center-back Rafael Toloi back, after they served suspensions against Vasco.

This Monday (20), Tricolor will wrap up preparations to face the team from Caxias do Sul.

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