The reinforcements announced this week have continued to train

Sanchez and Jaime have been called up and are dreaming of making their debut in the tournament.

Two of the three reinforcements announced by FC Porto this week continued yesterday, Saturday, with the squad for training, in São Felix da Marina, and will be dreaming of their first appearance in the tournament until very close to the time of the match against Arauca.

Jorge Sanchez and Iván Jaime are still feeling the club’s pulse, but Sergio Conceição wanted to speed up the adaptation process by contacting the Mexican and the Spaniard, who started working with their new team-mates on Wednesday and Friday respectively. Only Francisco Conceicao has been left out, as the winger already knows the team’s angles and the habits of the blue-and-white, which has not changed much since 2022, when he left for Ajax.

In fact, the complicity he maintained with Evanilson and Pepe before leaving was reflected in the photos the club posted on social media. However, the winger has only completed one training session since his return to the Blue and White, and as such, the coach has chosen not to include him in the roster just yet.

Grujic has also been left out of options to host Arauca, but for the worst reasons for the Serb, who is once again struggling with a physical problem. According to the clinical report of FC Porto, the midfielder suffered an injury to his right buttock and spent yesterday morning undergoing treatment, in the company of the others who are not available due to the injury: Pepe, Romario Barrow and Veron.

Despite this, the squad is now large enough – 30 members – and does not require three goalkeepers to be included in the match roster to make up for it, as happened with Farense.
Conceição has not yet returned to 11th place this season, and today he is forced to change his defense again. Fabio Cardoso is out of service due to Pepe’s injury, but Findel can replace Zidou on the left. It should be noted that Joao Mario will play his 100th match with the club’s main team.