Lucas Moura opened the scoring for Tricolor, but Guilherme, who scored two goals, and Gabriel Bontempo defined the victory of the fish, which came from three straight losses; Morumbi team lost unbeatenability
Santos won again in the Paulista Championship by defeating Sao Paulo 3-1, on a turn, on Saturday (1), in Vila Belmiro, a day after the trendy performance of Neymar, who had a crowded house and a series of attractions – Among them Supla and Mano Brown. The classic, valid for the sixth round of the tournament, started 45 minutes late due to heavy rains in Baixada Santista. The result ended a sequence of three defeats of Peixe and placed the team in Group B’s vice-leadership, with seven points, the same score as leader Guarani, which takes advantage of goal balance. Tricolor lost unbeaten record, but follows group C leader with 10 points.
The confrontation began busy and after six minutes the Santos coach Pedro Cabininha was expelled after a sharp complaint against arbitration. Shortly thereafter, Sao Paulo created the first big chance: Luciano tabelled with Calleri and finished badly in the face of goalkeeper Gabriel Brazão. At 35 minutes, the tricolor opened the scoring. The center forward won the marking and crossed low to Lucas Moura, who turned inside the area and finished accurately.
The Santos reaction came in the first half. At 41 minutes, Gabriel Bontempo kicked cross and Guilherme, in the small area, completed for the goal. The bid was revised by VAR and validated as the 13,000 goal of the history of Santos, a recordist club of goals in world football. In the second stage, São Paulo returned pressing, but the fish took advantage of the spaces. At 8 minutes, Tiquinho Soares gave Soteldo a beautiful pass, who left Gabriel Bontempo in good condition to score the second santista goal.
With Tricolor trying to look for the draw, Santos expanded on 26 minutes. Bolivian Miguelito found Guilherme, who finished low to define the scoring in 3-1. In the final minutes, Luciano almost diminished to Sao Paulo in great individual play, but was locked by the Santos defense. With the crazy crowd, Alvinegro managed the advantage to the final whistle and secured the victory. Santos returns to the field on Wednesday (7), at 21h35, against Botafogo-SP, in Vila Belmiro, in a match that can mark the rehearsal of Neymar. Already São Paulo receives Mirassol on the same day, at 7:30 pm, at Morumbis.
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