O Palm trees performed again this Tuesday morning (13), at the Football Academy, after the 1-1 draw with Santo Andréon Monday (12), at Paulista championship. Verdão began preparing to face the St Bernardat 7:30 pm this Thursday (15), at the 1º de Maio stadium, in São Bernardo do Campo, for the 8th round of the State Championship.
The main novelty was the presence of striker Endrick. The number 9, who started the season at the service of Brazilian Team in the Conmebol Pre-Olympic, he gave up the day off he would have been entitled to this Tuesday and brought forward his return to Verdão by one day, normally participating in the technical work led by Abel Ferreira and his commission in the field.
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The players who played for more than 45 minutes against Santo André completed the regenerative schedule at the Center of Excellence. The others carried out three activities with an emphasis on ball possession, passing, finishing and transitions, as well as an eight-on-eight game on a reduced pitch.
The training also had the participation of the “Crias da Academia” from the base’s support group.
The left-back Caio Paulista He started among the starters for the second time this year against Santo André and provided his first assist for Alviverde.
“I’m very happy (with yesterday’s performance). I’ve worked hard to play good matches, I’ve adapted very well to the club and my teammates have made me feel very comfortable. Whenever I make a mistake, they don’t let me know. they let it shake them, they say ‘let’s move on to the next one’. Just yesterday there was a bit of that and then I was able to evolve within the match and, thank God, I was able to provide assistance”, he stated.
Caio also commented on the team’s start to the season, Paulista’s only undefeated team.
“Consistency is a positive point of our team. We’ve been giving a lot in both marking and construction. I think we’ve been creating a lot, we just need a little detail to turn these creations into goals. Professor Abel has been demanding us to make at least one of two shots and I think it’s a very good requirement. We are working on this line so that we can improve in the next games”, he explained.
Palmeiras has never lost to São Bernardo in its entire history: there are seven wins and a draw in eight games played since 2011, with Verdão conceding just a single goal.
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Preparation for the match continues this Wednesday (14), at 4pm (Brasília time), at the Football Academy.
“São Bernardo is a good opponent, they had a very good campaign last year, they have great players there. Let’s prepare in these two days to play a great game and look for three more points”, concluded Caio.