With the result, São Paulo reaches 12 points and sleeps in the ninth position of Brasileirão; Grêmio remains with nine points and falls to 17th place, entering the relegation zone
The finally won again on. After insisting a lot, Tricolor Paulista managed to overcome the blockade of and defeated the turn of turn on Saturday (17), 2-1, at Morumbis, in a match of the ninth round of the national competition. André Silva, by penalty, and Arboleda marked for the owners of the house, and Aravena made that of the Porto Alegre team.
With the result, São Paulo reaches 12 points and sleeps in the ninth position. In turn, Grêmio remains nine points and falls to 17th place, entering the relegation zone. In addition to the casualties it already had for the game, São Paulo had to deal with two other problems.
Ferreira had an injury diagnosed on his left foot and was the absence of last minute. With the ball rolling, the midfielder Marcos Antônio felt his thigh and gave way to Pablo Maia with seven minutes of play. For Grêmio, assistant Sidnei Lobo was on the edge of the lawn after Mano Menezes was released because of the death of the son of the son -in -law.
Despite the adversities, Tricolor Paulista was the one who took the reins of the match and startled with submissions of André Silva. The owners of the house were more with the possession of the ball and had greater volume in the attack. Still, the first few minutes were a more cadenced match and few emotions.
Prostrate in defense, Grêmio showed difficulty building plays and gradually left São Paulo comfortable to exert pressure. Tricolor Paulista accelerated passes of passes through the center, with Oscar being the engine of the team, and began to finish more often, but sinning when it comes to hitting the opposing goal.
When the goal looked mature, Sao Paulo took a cold water bath. At the time when almost the entire team was in front of a corner kick, Pablo Maia missed passing silly and Aravena received free to start, crashing and make 1-0 to Grêmio, 36 minutes into the first half. Even without playing better, the gauchos secured the advantage and went to the break in front of the marker.
Second time
Zubeldía decided to dare for the second half and took the midfielder Pablo Maia to put striker Lucca, jewelry of the 17 -year base categories. Sao Paulo returned pressing, as well as the first half, and tied the match after three minutes. Enzo Díaz took a free kick in the area and Arboleda headed hard to make everything the same.
Sao Paulo remained sovereign in the match, but found it difficult to pierce the opposing block. Already Grêmio continued to be limited to defense to explore counterattacks. The gauchos also climbed the tone in the ball dispute and abused hard fouls.
The Sao Paulo fan was excited at all 32 minutes, when Luciano was overthrown in the area and Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima scheduled a penalty. The referee was called by VAR to give the monitor a possible foul in the previous bid, but, after six minutes of stopping, upheld the initial decision. André Silva hit the goal and put Tricolor Paulista at the head of the score.
Grêmio even sketched a “muffle” in the final minutes, but Sao Paulo knew how to manage the scoring. In the last move of the game, defender Wagner Leonardo lost great chance in the small area and the match ended with the São Paulo victory.
Goals
- Aravena, 36 minutes into the first half;
- Arboleda, 3 minutes into the second half;
- André Silva, at 39 of the second half.
Next Games
- The team of coach Luis Zubeldía returns to the field on Tuesday (20), when facing Náutico, in Recife, for the return game of the third phase of the Brazilian Cup. On the way, the São Paulo team won 2-1;
- On Tuesday, the Rio Grande do Sul team receives CSA in Porto Alegre and must win by two goals difference to advance to the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carolina Ferreira
