São Paulo to end mid-season break with double friendlies at training centre | OneFootball

São Paulo will continue its preparation schedule with two more practice matches next Friday (17) at the Barra Funda Training Center.

The coaching staff has decided that the sessions against Ferroviária in the morning and Grêmio Esportivo Mauaense in the afternoon will follow the same methodology used in this weekend’s tests, which ended in wins over Primavera and Santo André.

In other words, the plan is to use a completely different lineup for each activity, likely repeating the formula of fielding what is considered the starting team against the stronger opponent (in this case, Ferroviária, which competes in Brazil’s Série C).

Coach Dorival Júnior’s goal is to give the squad balanced match time, test tactical variations, and assess the players’ physical condition before the official competition calendar resumes.

Next Friday’s activities will bring São Paulo’s mid-season training period during the World Cup break to an end. According to the schedule released by the club, a day off that had not previously been planned is set for this Monday (13), and training will resume only on Tuesday (14).

After the new practice matches, the team will have Saturday (18) off and is then expected to train from Sunday (19) until its return to the Brasileirão.

São Paulo will return to official action at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) on July 22 (Wednesday), when it will face Athletico-PR in the continuation of the Brazilian Championship. The match will be played at Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques, in Bragança Paulista (SP), due to the temporary unavailability of Morumbi.

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