After the thrashing against Inter de Limeira, last Wednesday, the São Paulo won two days off before starting preparations for the next Campeonato Paulista game. Tricolor only returns to the field on Tuesday, February 21, against São Bento, away from home.
The group commanded by Rogério Ceni returns to training at CT da Barra Funda this Saturday. The rest is beneficial for the team, which has suffered from the high number of absences due to injuries at the beginning of the season – in the last game, 12 athletes were not available.
In the last match, Ceni began to show that he will rotate in this final stretch of the Paulistão group stage. He made the five substitutions, taking advantage of players who had few minutes on the pitch, like Talles Costa.
For that reason, including, the coach should spare the players who suffered more wear in recent matches. They are: the quarterbacks beraldo e Alan Franco; the steering wheel mendez and the socks Rodrigo Nestor e Wellington Rato.
In this way, it is possible that the Tricolor defense against São Bento will have the presence of Belém and even Pablo Maia, who acted in an improvised way in the sector in the last game.
Already in midfield, with Méndez and Rodrigo Nestor resting, the tendency is that Luan has a chance in the starting lineup. Gabriel Neves should complete the position.
Wellington Rato, player used by Rogério Ceni in all games at the beginning of the season, must be replaced by the young Pedrinho. The boy replaced Rato during the rout against Inter de Limeira and, with a good performance, contributed with one of the winning goals for São Paulo.
The option to save players is also due to Tricolor’s moment in the Paulista Championship. The team is in second place in the general classification of the competition and leads Group B with 17 points.
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