Tricolor start preparations for Botafogo clash in 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 Brasileirão clash with Botafogo after drawing with Millonarios of Colombia in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana on Tuesday night (19).

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

The day’s activities were split according to each player’s 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 training focused on offensive and defensive situations: center-backs and full-backs worked on defensive line behavior, while midfielders and forwards did drills on movement and build-up play.

After that, there was an additional attack-versus-defense exercise. The coaching staff also led a small-sided game in which the defensive line was limited to three touches, while the attacking sector had unlimited touches.

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 got on the scoresheet in São Paulo’s win over the Santa Catarina side.

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

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