Tricolor injury update: Oscar and Lucas boost Libertadores hopes | OneFootball

São Paulo returned to training on the morning of this Monday (15) after defeating Botafogo 1-0 and began preparations focusing on the first leg match against LDU, from Ecuador, for the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores.

For the tricolor players who played at least 45 minutes in Sunday's (14) Brasileirão match, the morning was dedicated to regenerative exercises inside the Barra Funda training center.

The full-backs Wendell and Enzo Díaz, who felt discomfort during the game at Morumbi, were not found to have any injuries. Ferreirinha, who was rested due to pain, trained normally at the training center with the other teammates. All of them are expected to be available for Hernán Crespo for Thursday's (18) Libertadores match away from home.

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In the transition phase with physical preparation after fracturing three lumbar vertebrae, midfielder Oscar alternated between individual activities and training with teammates.

Meanwhile, attacking midfielder Lucas, who underwent arthroscopy to remove fibrosis from his right knee on August 30, continued with muscle strengthening exercises and, after having his stitches removed, ran on the treadmill for the first time, with the expectation of progressing to the field this week. Both are hopeful to be in condition, at least, to play a few minutes in the return match against the Ecuadorians at Morumbi at the end of the month.

The tricolor squad will train again on the morning of this Tuesday (16) and will travel to Quito, Ecuador, on Wednesday (17), on a chartered flight from Sideral. The match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium will be on Thursday, at 7 PM (Brasília time).

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