São Paulo quartet back on the pitch, making progress in recovery | OneFootball

The São Paulo squad returned to training this Wednesday (3), at SuperCT, and began the training period during the break for the Fifa Date. The Tricolor will return to the field on the 14th, at 5:30 pm (Brasília time), against Botafogo, at Morumbis, for the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship.

Among the news, four athletes recovering from injury went to the field for activities with physiotherapy: the midfielders Marcos Antonio and Hugo, the midfielder Oscar and the forward Calleri. Meanwhile, Arboleda, in the final phase of transition, participated in part of the ball training before performing individual exercises.

The midfielder Luiz Gustavo, recovering from pulmonary thromboembolism, followed the same routine. Meanwhile, Lucas, André Silva and Ryan Francisco remained in REFFIS Plus.

The activities began under the supervision of the physical preparation, which led core exercises on the field. Then, Hernán Crespo and his technical staff led a work of technical fundamentals and a game in reduced space.

In addition to the absences due to injury, São Paulo did not have Ferraresi (Venezuela), Bobadilla (Paraguay) and Tapia (Chile), called up by their teams for the Qualifiers.

The 32-year-old forward Emiliano Rigoni, who signed a contract until the end of 2025, with goals for automatic renewal until 2026, did not participate in this activity with the group. The Argentine, who had his best moment in Brazil under Crespo's command, arrives after a stint at León, from Mexico, and has not yet trained with the squad.

With 32 points and occupying the seventh position in the Brasileirão, São Paulo tries to take advantage of the break to recover important pieces and reinforce its attack, which suffers from losses. The expectation is that Rigoni will have immediate space in the offensive rotation, especially in view of the losses in the sector.

The Tricolor will train again on the morning of this Thursday (4), again at SuperCT.

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