Roger gets midfielder back, Lucas starts rehab, Reffis woes for Mirassol | OneFootball

São Paulo’s squad returned to training on Thursday morning (23) to begin preparations for the clash against Mirassol in the 13th round of the Brazilian Championship, scheduled for 9 p.m. on Saturday (25) at Brinco de Ouro.

The activities on the pitch at CT da Barra Funda began with a warm-up featuring technical drills. Next, coach Roger Machado led a full-team practice and ended the session with crossing and finishing exercises.

The players who logged more minutes against Juventude did a different session, with recovery-focused work both indoors and on the field.

Midfielder Bobadilla, recovered from a bout of gastroenterocolitis, took part in the on-field activities alongside his teammates and also completed additional work in the gym.

Attacking midfielder Lucas, who suffered fractures to two ribs during the match against Atlético-MG in March, was cleared by the medical department and began transition work with the fitness staff. The No. 7 did exercises on the pitch alongside forward Ferreirinha, who missed the last three matches due to swelling in the back of his left thigh and is also working on his fitness to be available again.

Left-back Enzo Díaz, meanwhile, dealing with heavy fatigue, warmed up with the group and then completed the rest of the day’s work individually in the gym and at Reffis.

For the match against Mirassol, Roger has another absence. Center-back Alan Franco received his third yellow card in last weekend’s comeback loss to Vasco and will serve an automatic suspension.

São Paulo will train again on Friday morning (24), wrapping up preparations for the match in Campinas, São Paulo.

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