Coach Rafael Guanaes team defeated Corinthians and São Paulo, besides Santos, and started a draw from Palmeiras; Team reached 21 points and sleeps in the middle of the table
Debutant in the elite of made him another victim among the great clubs of the state. The São Paulo interior team defeated the 3-0 on Saturday (19) at José Maria de Campos Maia Stadium, and expanded their unbeaten series to six matches – four wins and two draws. In the period, the team of coach Rafael Guanaes defeated Corinthians and São Paulo, besides Santos, and tore a draw from Palmeiras, in the middle of Allianz Parque, in the previous round. Thus, the yellow set reached 21 points and sleeps in the middle of the table.
The Baixada team, in turn, had its sequence of two wins interrupted and continues with 14 points, trying to move away from the relegation zone. The triumph came in an erased match of Neymar, widely provoked by the local fans, and thanks to the santista defense marking failures in the goals of Chico da Costa and Reinaldo. Before the final whistle, shirt 10 still took an elbow of João Victor, who was expelled, one night to forget. In the next round, Santos hosts Internacional in search of recovery, on Wednesday, at 9:30 pm, in Vila Belmiro. On the same day, earlier, at 19h, the packed Mirassol visits Ceará, in Castelão.
Cleber Xavier set a modified saints in relation to what had defeated Flamengo 1-0 in the middle of the week. With a lighter midfield -formed by Pituca, Zé Rafael and Rolheiser -the Baixada team gave the yellow set to attack -Gabriel Brazão had to stretch to save Santos to Gabriel’s right latter in the first minute. Mirassol explored the speeds well, especially by the edges, and forced Brazão to perform two more great defenses to prevent visitors, inefficient in counterattacks, to return to the locker room at a disadvantage.
The Santos team grew in the match and began to control the game precisely when it had a higher volume of play, the visitors were punished. Chico da Costa, who had scored the tie goal with Palmeiras midweek, took advantage of the alvinegra failure in the marking and appeared free in the second post to push the ball coming from the corner to the bottom of the goal. Santos felt the blow and suffered a blackout. Less than five minutes after opening the scoring, the hosts took advantage of another aerial -playing error and Reinaldo, headed, 2-0. The second goal undermined any chance of reaction from the alvinegro team, which, pressured, attacked disorganized until the final whistle. In additions, Cristian still hit the angle of Brazil to close the scoring.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Sarah Paula
