São Paulo line-up: no Luciano, Dorival set for Palmeiras derby changes | OneFootball

São Paulo’s squad trained on Friday afternoon (11) and wrapped up preparations for the derby against Palmeiras, valid for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. The Choque-Rei takes place this Saturday (12), at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Parque Antártica.

The session began indoors at the Barra Funda training center, with the coaching staff presenting a video to the squad.

After that, the group went out onto the pitch and carried out a warm-up with technical drills.

There was also a possession exercise and an 11-on-11 match on a reduced-size field.

Dorival Júnior and his coaching staff also led activities focused on tactics, with positional exercises and guidance for attacking movements.

Finally, there was work on offensive and defensive set pieces.

Luciano out: who will play?

Forward Luciano, who left the match against the Argentinians after being substituted with pain in the back of his thigh, underwent imaging tests that showed swelling in the hamstring of his left thigh. The No. 10 has already started physiotherapy at Reffis.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed, the player will be unavailable for São Paulo in the derby. Luciano began feeling pain against Atlético-MG, but still played against Boca because of the importance of the match against the Argentinians, his tenth straight game as a starter, the striker’s longest run of the season – and the team’s second longest, behind only Calleri’s 11 matches.

The expectation is that São Paulo’s attack in the derby will be formed by Gustavo Santana and Calleri. The No. 9 received his third yellow card and will miss the second match against Boca, next Tuesday (15), at Morumbi.

Another name worrying the coaching staff is Artur, who has also been showing signs of fatigue. Whether he plays or not will depend on monitoring in training starting this Thursday.

The likely Tricolor lineup for the derby should be Rafael; Domingos Duarte, Arboleda and Sabino; Lucas Ramón, Pablo Maia (Danielzinho), Marcos Antônio, Artur (Newton) and Iago (Wendell); Gustavo Santana and Calleri.

In this Saturday’s derby, São Paulo is seeking a third consecutive win in the Brazilian Championship. In the last two rounds, Tricolor beat Bragantino and Atlético-MG, both at Morumbi.

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