Derby line-up: Crespo turns to academy with squad in tatters | OneFootball

On the morning of this Monday (17th), São Paulo held another training session with an eye on the derby against Corinthians, for the 34th round of the Brazilian Championship. The match in Itaquera will take place at 7:30 PM (Brasília time) on Thursday (20th).

The session at the Barra Funda training center began under the guidance of the fitness coaches, with strength exercises in the gym and mobility drills on the pitch.

Next, Hernán Crespo and his assistants led a technical fundamentals activity followed by two tactical drills with offensive concepts, where situations of build-up, transition, and finishing were repeated. To complete this stage, youth academy players were called up.

Midfielder Pablo Maia, who suffered a tendon injury in his right foot during the match against Flamengo on the 5th, participated for the second consecutive day in the entire training session with the group.

Left-back Nicolas, midfielder Pedro Ferreira, and forwards Lucca and Paulinho, who played in the final of the Paulista Under-20 Championship on Sunday afternoon (16th) and were defeated by rivals Santos, reported back to the training center and stayed indoors for physical recovery.

Given the large number of injured players (12 in total), all of them are expected to remain with the first team until the end of the year.

The likely tricolor lineup for Itaquera will be Rafael; Rafael Tolói (Ferraresi), Alan Franco and Sabino; Maik (Cédric Soares), Luiz Gustavo, Pablo Maia, Bobadilla and Ferreirinha (Patryck); Lucas (Tapia) and Luciano.

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