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The ten-day break in the schedule due to the FIFA date came at a crucial time for Vasco da Gama. The club will use the period without games for a dual and strategic mission. The goal is to empty the medical department, recovering important players, and to speed up the adaptation of recently signed reinforcements, aiming for maximum strength for the decision of the year.

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The goal is to recover injured starters

The Vasco medical department is working intensively. The list of injured players is extensive and includes key pieces like Jair, Tchê Tchê and Paulo Henrique. The technical commission expects that the break will be enough to recover most of them.

The main focus is to have, at least, Tchê Tchê and Paulo Henrique, absolute starters of Fernando Diniz, available. The case of Jair, who suffered a knee sprain, will be reassessed to determine the severity. The only 100% confirmed long-term absence continues to be Adson.

PH is one of the most missed absences - Photo: Ruano Carneiro/Getty Images

The period will be crucial for Vasco's team

The other front of work will be the physical and tactical preparation of the new signings. Andrés Gómez, Matheus França, Robert Renan and the newly arrived Carlos Cuesta will have a kind of "mini pre-season". None of them had the ideal game rhythm. Therefore, these ten days will be crucial for them to get physically conditioned and assimilate the complex style of play of Fernando Diniz.

With the recovery of the injured and the adaptation of the reinforcements, Diniz will have, for the first time, almost the entire squad at his disposal. The break is a great opportunity for the coach to prepare the team in the best possible way. The total focus is on the return match of the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil, against Botafogo, on September 11th.

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