São Paulo: Crespo calls up Cotia youngsters for Bahia clash | OneFootball

The São Paulo squad held their penultimate training session before the match against Bahia, which will take place next Saturday (25), at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), and will mark the Tricolor’s return to Morumbi after two consecutive away games in the Brazilian Championship.

Thursday (23) at the Barra Funda training center began with a warm-up session guided by the fitness coaches. Next, the coaching staff led an activity focused on improving technical skills – these two parts of the training were open to the press.

Afterwards, Hernán Crespo split the players into two teams: while one group worked on tactical adjustments, the other played a scrimmage against the young players from Cotia, who were called up to the training center for this morning’s session – the activities alternated between the two groups. Finally, some players practiced finishing.

Shortly before the start of the session, a bus carrying 15 youth players from the Cotia academy arrived at Barra Funda for the day’s activities.

The forward Dinenno, who underwent an arthroscopy to clean the meniscus in his right knee last Wednesday (22), began his recovery with the physiotherapists at REFFIS Plus.

Another player who did not participate in today’s training was right-back Cédric Soares. The Portuguese player is still recovering from a fracture in his right toe and is expected to remain sidelined for the match against Bahia.

With so many absences, 11 in total, since Ferraresi is suspended and joins the other ten injured players, a likely Tricolor lineup could be: Rafael, Alan Franco, Arboleda and Sabino; Maik, Pablo Maia, Bobadilla (Rodriguinho), Marcos Antônio and Enzo Díaz; Lucas Moura and Tapia (Luciano).

On Friday afternoon (24), São Paulo will wrap up preparations for the clash with Bahia, which will be part of the 30th round of the Brasileirão.

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