Crespo drops Copinha trio to boost São Paulo v São Bernardo | OneFootball

Coach Hernán Crespo decided to promote three players from the São Paulo youth team competing in the Copa São Paulo de Juniores, who managed to advance to the third phase of the tournament last Tuesday (13) after winning the classic against Portuguesa.

Right-back Igor Felisberto, attacking midfielder Pedro Ferreira, and forward Paulinho have already joined the professional squad of Tricolor and trained with the rest of the group at the Barra Funda training center. Images of this morning’s activities released by the club itself already showed the trio.

The tendency is for all three to be included by Crespo for the match at 9:45 p.m. (Brasília time) this Thursday (15) against São Bernardo, at Morumbi, for the Campeonato Paulista.

Felisberto, in a way, will be the replacement for Maik, who ended up being sent off during the debut loss to Mirassol over the weekend and will serve an automatic suspension.

The other two fill gaps in Crespo’s current team. Without Oscar (retired) and Rodriguinho (sold to Bragantino), there are no natural central attacking midfielders in the squad. Lucas has been training in the position since the start of the season’s activities.

Paulinho, meanwhile, will become an option for the center-forward position. The club still has André Silva and Ryan Francisco in transition after recovering from serious injuries. There are expectations for Calleri, who has been training normally since pre-season, but was ultimately rested for the match in Mirassol (SP).

Of the three, Felisberto and Paulinho already have some experience with the professional team. The former was promoted in 2024 by Thiago Carpini, while the forward got minutes on the field given by Crespo himself. Pedro, meanwhile, made a brief debut at the end of 2025.

São Paulo will likely be lined up with Rafael; Ferraresi (Alan Franco), Arboleda and Sabino; Cédric Soares, Pablo Maia (Danielzinho), Bobadilla, Marcos Antônio and Wendell (Ferreirinha); Luciano (Lucas) and Calleri (Tapia).

The final day of squad adjustments this Wednesday (14) began with a video from the coaching staff for the players.

Afterwards, the players went to the pitch and did their warm-up with the fitness staff before working with Crespo, who led a tactical session.

There was also a scrimmage between two teams and set-piece training.

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