Tricolor starts preparing 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 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 divided according to each player’s minutes in the match against the Colombians: the players who featured 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 carried out training focused on attacking and defensive situations: center-backs and full-backs did an activity focused on defensive line behavior, while midfielders and forwards worked 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, with a three-touch limit for the defensive line and unlimited touches in attack.

Youngsters Igor Felisberto, Nicolas, Tetê, and Ryan did not take part in this afternoon’s training session, as 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 win over the Santa Catarina side.

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

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