São Paulo line-up: without Luciano, Dorival set for changes v Palmeiras | OneFootball

São Paulo’s squad trained on Friday afternoon (11) and wrapped up preparations for the derby against Palmeiras, valid for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. The Choque-Rei takes place this Saturday (12), at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Parque Antártica.

The session began indoors at the Barra Funda training center, with the coaching staff presenting a video to the squad.

After that, the group went out onto the pitch and carried out a warm-up with technical drills.

There was also a possession exercise and an 11-v-11 game in a reduced space.

Dorival Júnior and his coaching staff also oversaw activities focused on tactics, with positional drills and instructions for attacking movement.

Finally, the team worked on attacking and defensive set pieces.

Luciano out: who plays?

Forward Luciano, who left the match against the Argentinians after being substituted with pain in the back of his thigh, underwent imaging tests that showed edema in the hamstring of his left thigh. The No. 10 has already started physiotherapy at Reffis.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed, the player will be unavailable for São Paulo in the derby. Luciano started to feel pain against Atlético-MG, but he still played against Boca because of the importance of the match against the Argentinians. It was his 10th straight game in the starting lineup, the striker’s longest run of the season — and the team’s second longest, behind only Calleri’s 11 matches.

The expectation is that São Paulo’s attack in the derby will be made up of Gustavo Santana and Calleri. The No. 9 received his third yellow card and will miss the second match against Boca next Tuesday (15), at Morumbi.

Another name worrying the coaching staff is Artur, who has also been showing signs of fatigue. Whether he plays or not will depend on how he is monitored in training starting this Thursday.

São Paulo’s likely lineup for the derby should be Rafael; Domingos Duarte, Arboleda and Sabino; Lucas Ramón, Pablo Maia (Danielzinho), Marcos Antônio, Artur (Newton) and Iago (Wendell); Gustavo Santana and Calleri.

In this Saturday’s derby, São Paulo will be looking for a third straight win in the Brazilian Championship. In the last two rounds, Tricolor beat Bragantino and Atlético-MG, both at Morumbi.

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