Third boss this year: Dorival Júnior begins São Paulo rescue job | OneFootball

São Paulo have already returned to training after the defeat to Fluminense, but it is only this Monday (18) that new coach Dorival Júnior will begin his work in charge of the Morumbi club for the third time in his career.

In Rio de Janeiro, when the team was beaten 2-1 this Saturday (16), caretaker coach Milton Cruz was once again in charge of the Tricolor, just as he had been in training sessions while the team was without a coach following Roger Machado’s dismissal.

Dorival was announced on Friday (15), and this Monday afternoon, at 2 p.m. (Brasília time), he will be officially introduced as São Paulo’s coach at a press conference to be held at CT da Barra Funda.

Only after speaking to the press will Júnior officially begin his new spell at the club, with a training session scheduled for the afternoon. And it will be the coach’s only one before the Copa Sudamericana clash on Tuesday (19) against Millonarios at Morumbi.

For the match, Dorival Jr. will assess whether he will have any reinforcements from the team’s injured players, whose list is extensive. In Sunday’s training session (17), Marcos Antônio made good progress in his recovery and could be a welcome boost in the coming days. After Hernán Crespo and Roger Machado, the Tricolor are trying, with their third coach of the season, to find the path back to strong performances.

HE WANTS ARBOLEDA

One player who could return to action for São Paulo at the coach’s request is Arboleda. As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR reported last Friday (15), during negotiations for his return the new coach already spoke with the board about the Arboleda case and admitted that he wants to bring the center-back back and speak with him personally. Dorival considers him an essential part of the squad and was not happy with the possibility of letting him go so easily.

And on Saturday night (16), after São Paulo’s 2-1 defeat to Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, journalist Alexandre Salvador, during a live broadcast on the Arnaldo e Tironi channel, confirmed AMT’s report, saying that the Ecuadorian center-back will indeed be reintegrated into the squad in the coming days.

According to the report, Arboleda is expected to spend about ten more days training until he regains his ideal fitness level, since he spent a month without training while ‘on the run’ in Ecuador.

Depending on the defender’s progress, he could return in the clash against Boston River on the 26th in the Copa Sudamericana, but the most likely scenario is that he comes back against Remo in the Brasileirão, in the last match before the break for the World Cup, on May 30, in Belém (PA).

Dorival Jr.’s meeting with Arboleda at the start of this week will be decisive in whether or not the player is reintegrated, with the coach eager for it to happen. The constant injuries to center-backs, in addition to poor performances by some players in the position, have strengthened the coach’s desire to bring the Ecuadorian back.

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