Lucas Moura and James Rodríguez train for the first time with all their teammates in São Paulo

Training

The team from São Paulo will face Minas Gerais this Sunday, at 4 pm, in Morumbi

Main reinforcements in this mid-season, Lucas Moura and James Rodríguez trained with all their teammates from São Paulo for the first time this Saturday, but only the Brazilian was listed for the duel against Atlético-MG. The duo will be introduced to the crowd before the match.

The team from São Paulo will face Minas Gerais this Sunday, at 4 pm, in Morumbi – the expectation is for more than 50,000 fans in the stadium. Despite being related, attacking midfielder Lucas Moura will start on the bench and should play a maximum of 20 minutes. Already the Colombian James Rodríguez still needs to recover more the physical form.

Both will receive special treatment to reinforce the team in the second leg of the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil against Corinthians, on the 16th, also in Morumbi. With the 2-1 defeat at Neo Química Arena, the team will have to win by two goals difference to go to the final. Draw leads to definition par penalties.

Another novelty this Saturday was the return of defensive midfielder Gabi, recovered from broken ribs. For the clash against Atlético-MG, coach Dorival Júnior will also be able to count on strikers Calleri and Luciano, who completed suspension against Bahia in the last round.

São Paulo has 26 points and needs to win to try to get closer to the G-4. In the last match at home, he stopped in the defense of bahia, getting 0-0 in the last round. Atlético-MG has 21 points and faces a long fast of 10 matches without winning.

*With information from Estadão

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