São Paulo make changes at training ground, prepare for Bahia | OneFootball

São Paulo continued its preparations this Wednesday for the upcoming match on Saturday against Bahia, at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), for the Campeonato Brasileiro.

The squad is working this week while dealing with some changes at the Barra Funda training center. The main one is the presence of president Julio Casares and general superintendent Márcio Carlomagno, who have started working on-site instead of at Morumbis.

This initiative was taken by Julio Casares and aims to bring the club’s executive power closer to the squad in a time of extreme difficulty—the team is suffering through a run of seven defeats in its last eight games.

Márcio Carlomagno, Casares’ right-hand man, will assist with the day-to-day activities at the Barra Funda training center, even though the football director, Carlos Belmonte, has been tasked with this mission since the beginning of the current president’s administration.

While the atmosphere behind the scenes at São Paulo is far from light, the squad led by coach Hernán Crespo is trying to shield itself from delayed salaries and the club’s political disputes. The task, however, is not easy.

The training session

The workday began with muscle strengthening exercises in the training center’s gym. Afterwards, the squad moved to the pitch, participating in a warm-up with the fitness staff.

Coach Hernán Crespo organized ball possession drills and attack versus defense exercises, both in a reduced space. There was also a scrimmage between two teams that concluded the morning training session at Barra Funda.

São Paulo will still hold two more training sessions before wrapping up preparations for the reunion with Rogério Ceni at Morumbis. The match against Bahia, by the way, will also mark the return of Rodrigo Nestor and Michel Araújo to the stadium after both were crowned Copa do Brasil champions with Tricolor.

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