Tricolor starts preparations for Botafogo clash in the Brasileirão | OneFootball

With another match at MorumBIS ahead, the São Paulo squad returned to training this Wednesday (20) at SuperCT and began preparations for the clash with Botafogo in the Brasileirão after drawing with Millonarios of Colombia in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana on the night of last Tuesday (19).

The match against the Rio de Janeiro side will be played next Saturday (23) at 5 p.m., valid for the 17th round of the national competition.

The day’s activities were divided according to the players’ minutes in the match against the Colombians: those who played longer did recovery work indoors, while the rest of the group went out onto the pitch for a session with Dorival Júnior’s coaching staff.

After the warm-up, which included mobility exercises and technical drills, the players took part in offensive and defensive situation training: center-backs and full-backs did an activity focused on defensive line behavior, while midfielders and forwards worked on movement and build-up play.

Then there was an additional attack-versus-defense drill. The coaching staff also led a small-sided game in which there was a three-touch limit in the defensive line and unlimited touches in the attacking sector.

Youngsters Igor Felisberto, Nicolas, Tetê, and Ryan did not take part in this afternoon’s training because they played in São Paulo’s 3-0 win over Criciúma in Cotia in the Brazilian Under-20 Championship. Right-back Igor Felisberto and attacking midfielder Tetê found the net in São Paulo’s victory over the team from Santa Catarina.

This Wednesday (21), at 10 a.m., again at SuperCT, Tricolor will continue its preparations for the match against Botafogo.

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