São Paulo confirm fresh Rafael Tolói injury after tests | OneFootball

Defender Rafael Tolói was diagnosed with a strain in the back of his right thigh after undergoing imaging tests on Thursday morning (23).

The São Paulo No. 2 felt pain and had to be replaced by Osorio just 22 minutes into the first half of the 2-1 comeback loss to Athletico-PR on Wednesday night (22) in the Brazilian Championship.

Clearly shaken, Tolói felt the blow. He sat on the bench and was caught by TV cameras crying. Understandably so, as the injury happened in the very match in which he reached his 150th appearance wearing the Tricolor shirt.

It was the veteran’s first official match after nearly three months sidelined with pain in his left calf, which had kept him out of the last seven games.

During the mid-season break, the center back had followed a specific muscle-strengthening program and rejoined the squad in training.

Last Friday (17), ahead of the match, the defender played around 80 minutes in a training game against Ferroviária, according to head coach Dorival Júnior.

According to the club, Tolói has already begun his recovery process under the care of the club’s physiotherapy department and is ruled out of the team’s next match against Flamengo this Sunday (26) at 6:30 p.m. Brasília time, at the Maracanã.

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