Why was São Paulo v Santos postponed and when do Tricolor play again? | OneFootball

São Paulo is in a rare week without matches. The club took the opportunity to give the squad time off on the first two days of the week and returned to training at CT da Barra Funda on Wednesday afternoon (29).

And it will stay that way for the rest of the week until Sunday (8/2), when Tricolor will get another break from activities. This is due to the team’s postponed match in the 21st round of the Brasileirão.

The round, which began this Wednesday, had the derby between São Paulo and Santos scheduled, but it was postponed because of the coastal rival’s Copa Sudamericana commitment.

Santos’ opponent played the second leg of the Sudamericana playoff against UCV this Tuesday (28), with Peixe winning 4-2 and securing qualification for the round of 16 of the continental tournament.

As a result, São Paulo saw its late-July fixture postponed, still with no date or venue set by the CBF. And over the weekend, Dorival Júnior’s team will also not take the field.

The dates at the very start of August are already reserved for Copa do Brasil round-of-16 matches, a competition in which Tricolor has already been eliminated after losing to Juventude in the fifth stage of the knockout tournament.

With so many obstacles, São Paulo will only return to action on the 8th, a Saturday, against Grêmio away from home at 4 p.m. (Brasília time), in the 22nd round of the Brazilian Championship.

The time away from action also allows the club to get Morumbi ready after hosting another series of three concerts. The stadium is now undergoing the process of reinstalling its new pitch. Tricolor’s reunion with its fans at home is scheduled for August 15 against Coritiba, in a match from the 23rd round of the Brasileirão.

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