Quiet week: São Paulo get three days off in rare game-free week | OneFootball

The postponement of São Paulo’s match against Santos in the 21st round of the Brasileirão will give the squad a rare quiet week without games, which will allow for more training sessions under Dorival Júnior, as well as a few days off for the players.

This Monday (27) and Tuesday (28), the Tricolor squad will not train, except for the players recovering from injuries, who will return to the Barra Funda training center on Tuesday to continue their activities.

On Wednesday (29), starting at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), the entire group will return to training at the CT, with daily sessions through Saturday (1/8). Then, on Sunday (2), the São Paulo squad will get another day off.

Tricolor’s week without matches is due to Santos’ very tight schedule, with Copa do Brasil matches and Copa Sudamericana playoff games to be played in the coming days. As a result, the classic against São Paulo in the league was postponed, with no new date yet set by the CBF.

Then, in the first week of August, the club will train from Monday (3) to Friday (7) in preparation for the match against Grêmio on Saturday (8) at 4 p.m. at Grêmio’s arena in Porto Alegre (RS), in the 22nd round of the Brasileirão.

Tricolor currently has three injured players: Rafael Toloi (strain in the back of the right thigh), Bobadilla (pain in the right knee), and Lucas (surgery on the Achilles tendon in the right leg). All of them will return from this Tuesday onward to continue their treatment.

At the end of this 20th round, which marked the return of the Brazilian Championship, São Paulo reached 26 points and sits in 12th place after a 1-1 draw with Flamengo at the Maracanã. Since the team will not play in the competition this week, it could drop one more spot in the standings if Vitória wins its home match against leader Palmeiras.

In the Copa Sudamericana, Tricolor will only return to action in the week of August 12 in the round of 16, against an opponent still being decided in the playoffs. Bolívar beat Grêmio 3-2 at home, and the teams will now decide who will face São Paulo in the return leg in Brazil this Thursday (30).

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