Departure started an hour late due to heavy rain in the city; victory placed the tricolor in the lead of Group C and the black and white team in second place in Group A
The went to the field this Sunday (26) for Majestoso, in , with the quartet that promises to be the tricolor’s bet for this year: Oscar, Lucas, Luciano e Calleri. The goals in the 3-1 victory over , which ended the opponent’s run of 10 games without losing, went through the feet of all of them, but the big names of the night were: Lucas Moura, who left two, and Oscar, who scored his first goal with the tricolor shirt. The Majestic started an hour late due to rain. The match, which was scheduled for 6:30 pm, started at 7:30 pm. The first half between the teams was very busy, but with few chances of goals in the opening minutes. The score hadn’t even reached two minutes when a move caught attention. Lucas Moura fell bleeding on the field after a collision with Alex Santana, who received a yellow card. Tricolor’s number 7 needed treatment, but remained in the game.
At four minutes came the first big chance for Corinthians. Yuri Alberto He won the ball dispute on the left and crossed into the area, the São Paulo defense took the wrong shot and the ball fell at the feet of Bidu, who sent the ball wide. Two minutes later, it was the tricolor’s turn to occupy Hugo’s goal. In a play on the right, Lucas played for the area, but the ball went in front of the goal. Despite starting with one chance for each side, the game took a while to have another big move. The teams continued to move, but without bringing danger to the opposing area. São Paulo even had greater control of the ball, but without creating any danger. Corinthians, in turn, found the way to the goal in the 33rd minute after a foul at the edge of the Tricolor area.
Memphis Depay went for the penalty and Rafael saved. A minute later, the tricolor goalkeeper performed a miracle. After a corner kick from Coronado, Caca headed the ball and Rafael saved it on the line and even counted on the post to prevent the ball from entering. The move worried the fans who were in the stadium and caused Corinthians to press at the end of the first half, but São Paulo managed to get a shot in at 42 with Lucas Moura, but the ball ended up in Hugo’s hands, bringing the match to a draw. the interval.
If the black and white team finished the first stage better, the tricolor came back with everything at the end. After two minutes, Luciano had the chance to open the scoring after a pass from Lucas, but he was stopped when he took the shot and the ball went into the corner. And it was exactly from this move that São Paulo’s first goal came from. Oscar hit and Lucas went up alone to send the ball into the right corner. The goal gave more energy to the tricolor, who went after the opponent and didn’t take long to find the second goal, this time with Oscar, after an assist from Luciano. This was the first time that Oscar scored with the São Paulo shirt.
Corinthians felt the goals, especially the second, which came from a defensive error. But the black and white team managed to find a goal and set the game on fire again. Martinez took advantage of the rebound and scored a great goal from the middle of the street. But there was no time to celebrate, because less than a minute later Lucas extended São Paulo’s lead again. In a table with Calleri, the number 7 left the markers behind and came out in front of the goal and only needed to push the ball deep to score São Paulo’s third and his second in the match. Corinthians even had a chance to score and get the result, but Rafael didn’t let them. Carrillo headed the ball and the São Paulo goalkeeper went to get the ball. At the very end, André Ramalho headed the ball and the ball was scary once again, but it went wide.
With the victory, São Paulo took the lead in Group C. The team returns to the field on Wednesday (29) against Portuguesa, at Pacaembu. Corinthians, on the other hand, faces Ponte Preta, also away from home, and seeks to regain the lead in Group A.
