Witch hunt: São Paulo hit by weekly injuries with Enzo Díaz | OneFootball

The São Paulo medical department has just gained another member, with the announcement this Thursday (13th) that left-back Enzo Díaz has undergone surgery, which should keep him off the field for the rest of the season.

It sounds unbelievable, but the Argentine has become the 63rd injury case in the Tricolor squad this season, the seventh who needed some kind of surgical intervention.

In fact, in a more blunt analysis of the Morumbi club’s season, it’s impossible not to point to Reffis as one of its biggest villains.

On average, São Paulo has registered a new injury case (or medical issue) every five days this year.

If that still seems like little to you, just look at another statistic: also mathematically, both Hernán Crespo and his predecessor, Luis Zubeldía, have each had seven absences per match this year.

For Crespo, the situation is precarious in itself. Under his command, Tricolor matched, in the duel against Bragantino last weekend, the record of 12 injuries in a single game, which was previously held by Rogério Ceni in the match against Puerto Cabello in the Copa Sudamericana in April 2023.

Everything suggests that, if the medical department doesn’t recover anyone in time, this record will be broken in the derby against Corinthians, next Thursday (the 20th), in Itaquera.

It’s no coincidence that, as AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed, Crespo demanded changes in the medical department for next season. And he will be accommodated.

São Paulo has secured the hiring of orthopedist Lucas Leite as one of its new doctors. He will lead the much-talked-about overhaul. Among other measures, he will implement new regenerative procedures for athletes. The investments, which begin in January and will last for the next three years, will total approximately R$ 21 million, largely funded by partnerships established by the Morumbi club.

The arrival of Leite strengthens São Paulo’s medical department, which has been understaffed since September, when Ricardo Galotti left the club for rivals Corinthians, accepting an invitation from coach Dorival Júnior.

Galotti was the second doctor in a row to leave São Paulo to work for Corinthians. Fábio Luiz Novi, who joined the club in 2023 alongside him, moved to Parque São Jorge at the beginning of 2024 with psychologist Anahy Couto. Both, however, left the rival club after just over two months there.

Galotti and Novi joined São Paulo at the request of then-coach Rogério Ceni for a restructuring of Reffis. As a result, Carlos Tadeu Moreno was dismissed, and José Sanchez, a historic figure at Morumbi, was given a symbolic position as transition medical coordinator, which he still holds today, though he no longer frequents the daily routine at CT da Barra Funda.

Without Galotti, the Morumbi club currently has Pedro Henrique Perez in its medical department, who arrived during last year to replace Novi and should take over as head of the department.

In addition, Tricolor has physiotherapists Felipe Marques (currently the Reffis coordinator), Carlos Alberto Presinoti, Cilmara Moretti, Bruno Nestlehner, and Igor Phillip, as well as physiologists Luis Fernando de Barros and Paulo Teixeira, and nutritionists Gabriela Giglio and Jaqueline Guedes.

In total, including his stint with the Brazilian National Team, where he went after leaving São Paulo at the beginning of 2024, Dorival has taken exactly ten professionals from the Tricolor staff in total.

Source: Anotações Tricolores

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