Dorival Jr has problems defining São Paulo’s lineup for the game against Palmeiras in the Copa do Brasil; see details
Dorival Jr. have problems defining the escalation of the São Paulo against palm trees. The two teams will face each other this Wednesday, the 5th, at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), at the Morumbi stadium, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Brazil’s Cup. The expectation is that the São Paulo coach will have problems choosing his main players.
In all, Dorival Jr will not be able to count on 12 players for the classic against Palmeiras. The coach of São Paulo recognizes that he will have some problems to assemble the ideal team for the Copa do Brasil. The main doubt is Calleri, as the Argentine suffered an injury in the last round of the South American and should not be ready for the classic this Wednesday, 5. Who gave the pessimistic news regarding the injury of the center forward was the coach himself.
Regarding Calleri, we will hardly have him for the middle of the week“, he said at a press conference.
It is important to highlight that São Paulo has 11 injuries before the game of the Copa do Brasil. Players like Ferraresi, Beraldo, Moreira, Igor Vinícius, Galoppo, Talles Costa, Michel Araújo, Welington, Erison, Calleri and Alexandre Pato are injured. In addition, Raí Ramos is another who will not be able to face Palmeiras, as he has already played in the competition for another club. Therefore, in a press conference after the victory against Fluminense, Dorival Jr lamented.
“We put Calleri in that match to have 45 minutes at a higher intensity and, suddenly, he suffered this injury. The next day, Beraldo, who we had also held back, jumped into a ball and landed on Diego’s foot. There is no logic, there is no recipe, football is not like that. I left that day thinking seriously: I was wrong in what I thought for the team. The next day, that fact happens. There’s no way you can measure anything, prepare anything, it’s round by round, day by day. In a little while, we will introduce ourselves and in any playful work, the player can feel it”, highlighted.
There is a possibility that some athletes will return. Those are the cases of Pato and Wellington, but Dorival Jr doesn’t seem very confident in his players’ recovery: “I think Wellington is a little early, he did little work with the ball, I think it will take a longer time. Pato is getting closer, still undefined, but getting closer to a possibility. Let’s wait to get a little closer (to the game) to define“.
Source: sportbuzz
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