Team news: São Paulo welcome injured stars back for Sul-Americana | OneFootball

São Paulo’s squad arrived back in the state capital in the early hours of Sunday (12) after returning from Salvador, where they lost to Vitória in the Brazilian Championship, and trained again in the morning with their focus already on the match against Chile’s O’Higgins in the second round of Copa Sudamericana Group C. The match will be played at Morumbi starting at 7 p.m. (Brasília time) on Tuesday (14).

The players who logged the most minutes at Barradão did recovery work indoors and then a run on the pitch. The others were put through a small-sided field session by coach Roger Machado, with an emphasis on offensive transitions and attack-versus-defense situations.

Forward Calleri, who had been following concussion protocol after a collision in last Saturday’s (4) rout of Cruzeiro, took part in the entire session.

Center-back Sabino (right calf strain) and defensive midfielder Bobadilla (three stitches in his right foot) also went onto the pitch and did individual exercises. Forward Luciano (right calf strain), meanwhile, trained in the gym and followed that up with treatment at Reffis.

The clash with the Chilean side is worth first place in the group, as both São Paulo and O’Higgins won in the opening round. Tricolor beat Boston River (URU) 1-0 in Montevideo, while the Chileans defeated Millonarios (COL) 2-0 at home.

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