São Paulo boosted as Marcos Antônio and Arboleda return to training | OneFootball

Midfielder warmed up on the field with teammates (Ricardo Moreira/Getty Images)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

Amid off-field turbulence, São Paulo began its second week of training during the FIFA date this Tuesday (9), after two days off given to the squad — except for players currently recovering from injuries, who worked the day before yesterday. The Barra Funda training center first hosted the introductory press conference of Rafael Tolói, held in the early afternoon, with activities starting only at 5 PM (Brasília time).

It began with warm-up exercises, guided by the physical trainers, first focusing on core and then moving to technical fundamentals with running stimuli. After this part, coach Hernán Crespo took over the session and conducted a game simulation on a reduced field. No further details about the training were provided.

The novelty was Marcos Antônio's participation in the warm-up, alongside his colleagues. According to the club, he has already recovered from the injury in the posterior region of his left thigh that kept him out of the last match and is now in the transition process with physical preparation.

He also did additional ball work, as did Arboleda, who is at the same stage, and Luiz Gustavo, who has not yet been cleared to train normally due to his treatment for a pulmonary thromboembolism episode.

Among the other players currently sidelined by injury, only Calleri was seen in the released images. Although no description was provided of what the forward did on the field, he was accompanied by physiotherapist Bruno Nestlehner.

The squad will reunite at the training center on the morning of this Wednesday (10) to train, and then it will be Maílton's turn to participate in an introductory press conference, also at the location.

The team will return to the field on Sunday (14) at 5:30 PM (Brasília time), when they will face Botafogo in the Brazilian Championship at Morumbi, four days before the match against LDU Quito in Ecuador for the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals.

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