São Paulo: Bobadilla suffers first injury, Arboleda still out | OneFootball

It took a while, but São Paulo finally confirmed the first injury case of the season. Substituted in the first half of the victory over Grêmio on Wednesday (11), midfielder Bobadilla was diagnosed with a trauma in the anterior region of his right thigh during the team's reassembly on Thursday morning (12) at the Barra Funda training center.

According to the Morumbi club, the Paraguayan remained inside the training center for evaluation and has already started treatment. The expected recovery time is two weeks, as AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR has learned.

The team began preparations this morning for the decisive eighth-round match of the Campeonato Paulista against Ponte Preta, next Sunday (15) at 8:30 PM (Brasília time), at the Moisés Lucarelli stadium. To qualify for the quarter-finals, the club only needs a simple victory over the relegated opponent. Currently, they are in eighth place on the table, with ten points.

The coaching staff divided the players into two groups this morning, focusing on the decision in Campinas: the starters from the victory over the Gauchos did regenerative exercises indoors, while the rest worked on the field.

The activities on the pitch started with physical stations set up by the trainers. The players performed muscle strengthening training, which was complemented with aerobic exercises.

Next, the team did ball possession training and then formed four teams for face-off matches in a reduced space.

For the match against Ponte, the club is likely to continue without defender Arboleda. The Ecuadorian was given permission by the management to go to his country to resolve undisclosed personal issues and still has no set return date.

Due to the importance of the challenge, coach Hernán Crespo is expected to maintain a core starting lineup for the match against the Campinas team. An indication of the team to be fielded will start to be outlined this Friday (13).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.