São Paulo beat Novorizontino on Monday (3) and joined Corinthians, Palmeiras and Santos in the semifinals of the Paulista Championship.
At home, the tricolor team exceeded a little creativity performance, especially in the early stage, and came out with victory after Calleri swing. The Argentine completed a low pass of Enzo Díaz, 17 minutes into the second half to decree 1-0.
In addition to the match, São Paulo had two chances to build a more elastic score. First, he complained of a penalty in Ferreirinha. The bid, however, was revised by VAR and the refereeing pointed out foul, but outside the large area. In the collection, Alisson hit the crossbar.
At 49 minutes, Ferreirinha had another chance, this time, dribbling the defender’s defender and leaving the goalkeeper’s face. The striker, however, missed the finish and kicked out.
Luis Zubeldía’s cast has advanced with the third best campaign in the overall classification of the competition. This way, will face Palmeiras as an opponent-Time Alviverde was second in the general table and, therefore, will have the advantage of playing at home against the São Paulo.
In the other key, Corinthians, owner of the best campaign of the state, will face Santos, in Itaquera. The last time the four great ones met in the semifinal of Paulista was in 2019. Corinthians was the champion of that edition.
On Saturday (1), Palmeiras was first to secure a vacancy in the semifinal by eliminating São Bernardo. On Sunday (2), it was the turn of Corinthians and Santos to qualify. The capital’s alvinegro eliminated Mirassol, while the Baixada team passed the Red Bull Bragantino.
