São Paulo get double break, injured players return early: updates | OneFootball

Midfielder Marcos Antonio is being prepared to return in the Libertadores (Photo: Anuar Sayed/SPFC)

MARCIO MONTEIRO

@avantmtricolor

With the club calendar paused for the FIFA Date, São Paulo divided its schedule into two stages before returning to play in the Brasileirão, next Sunday, the 14th, at 5:30 PM (Brasília time), at Morumbi.

After training at the Barra Funda training center on Saturday (6), the tricolor group gets a two-day break on this holiday Sunday (7) and Monday (8). Except for some athletes, who return earlier.

On Monday, the rest will be only for those who have been training normally, without physical restrictions. Meanwhile, São Paulo players in recovery will work in the morning.

And the training center won't be empty. The club's injury list is extensive. In the last training session, they performed technical work on a reduced field and are still not 100%: defender Arboleda (final phase of physical transition after recovering from a muscle injury), midfielder Luiz Gustavo (recovering from pulmonary thromboembolism), and forward Rigoni (did his first work with the team after being signed).

Among them, Arboleda and Rigoni, who was playing in Mexico, are expected to be available for Hernan Crespo for the match against Botafogo. Luiz Gustavo still needs better daily monitoring to know when he can return to the games.

Taking a bit longer

The midfielders Marcos Antonio, who is expected to return against LDU, and Hugo, midfielder Oscar, and forward Calleri will continue their recovery programs on Monday. In recent days, they have done indoor activities interspersed with running on the field, under the supervision of São Paulo's physiotherapists.

In even longer situations, attacking midfielder Lucas and forward André Silva will also return to work tomorrow to continue their recovery process at the club's Reffis.

Who was absent in the last game against Cruzeiro due to hip pain is Alisson, who is already fully recovered and even participated in a training match against the Tricolor's under-20 team this Saturday. He is also a reinforcement for Crespo for the rest of the season and is another who will enjoy the double break.

On the afternoon of Tuesday (9), the entire São Paulo squad resumes activities at the training center, for a sequence of five consecutive days of training in preparation for the home game against Botafogo, in the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship.

The club's players called up for their national teams, Ferraresi, Bobadilla, and Tapia, will join the rest of the Tricolor teammates midweek, and should not be a problem for the coach in the next match.

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