São Paulo return to training ahead of Vitória clash | OneFootball

After opening their CONMEBOL Sudamericana campaign with a 1-0 win over Boston River-URU and returning from Montevideo on Wednesday morning (08), the São Paulo squad reported back on Thursday (09) to begin preparations for the match against Vitória in the 11th round of the Brazilian Championship, to be played on Saturday (11) at Barradão in Salvador, starting at 4:30 p.m.

The players who logged more minutes against the Uruguayans did controlled work on the pitch. The exception was midfielder Bobadilla, who remained at REFFIS Plus to treat a wound on his right leg caused by a challenge he suffered in the first half of the match.

The rest began training with strength exercises and technical drills as a warm-up. They then carried out an attack-versus-defense exercise led by Roger Machado and completed the session with a game focused on playing out from the back under pressure and building attacking moves.

Forwards Luciano and Lucca, who did not travel to Uruguay due to fitness issues, took part in the session normally. The No. 10 had been dealing with tightness in his right calf, while the youngster had pain in the front of his right thigh.

Having started in the under-20 team's win over Fluminense on Wednesday afternoon (08) in Cotia, in the Brazilian Championship for the category, right-back Igor Felisberto and defensive midfielder Djhordney followed a recovery schedule. Forward Ryan, who played around 30 minutes in the match, joined the group for the ball drills. The match marked the 19-year-old's return to football after surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament and repair a meniscus injury in his left knee.

Center-back Sabino, still dealing with discomfort in his right calf, and forward Calleri, who is following concussion protocol, remained indoors at SuperCT.

São Paulo will hold one more training session on Friday morning (10) before traveling to Salvador in the afternoon on a chartered Sideral plane.

Pablo Maia suffers fractures to the nose and face

After an accidental collision during training, midfielder Pablo Maia underwent imaging tests and was diagnosed with fractures to the nose and face. He will undergo surgery this Friday (10) at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

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