Involved in an administrative and political crisis and days away from voting on the impeachment of President Júlio Casares, Tricolor began 2026 as it ended last year: badly
Involved in an administrative and political crisis and days away from voting on the impeachment of President Júlio Casares, investigated by the Civil Police for embezzlement, São Paulo began 2026 as it ended last year: badly. He debuted at Paulistão with a 3-0 defeat to Mirassol, a team that is now more organized on and off the field. If behind the scenes the days are terrible, on the field it’s not much different for São Paulo, easy prey for Mirassol in Maião. The interior team suffered a dismantling, but hired 11 new athletes and kept the main architect for the magical 2025 season, coach Rafael Guanaes.
The coach used most of the new recruits and saw his team dominate São Paulo without any problems, especially in the first half, a stage in which the home team built the result. One of the 11 players signed for 2026, Argentine midfielder Lucas Mugni opened the scoring in the sixth minute, taking advantage of a rebound from Shaylon’s shot. Striker Alesson expanded at 19, making use of luck and the very fragile São Paulo defense.
Free on the left, the attacker advanced into the area and crossed with the intention of finding a teammate. His low cross deflected off Alan Franco and went in. The team was also lucky, which today is superior to São Paulo in all aspects. The once sovereign is weakened.
Better managed and trained, Mirassol didn’t even play the best of its games and even lost its footing a little in the final stage, perhaps due to the beginning of the season. São Paulo finished more and recorded a greater volume of play. But he never controlled the actions nor came close to dominating the hosts.
Comfortable, Mirassol managed the advantage without taking any risks and even increased it at the end of the game, with José Aldo. Shaken, São Paulo is worried about what it expects to be a terrifying season. The São Paulo native’s fear is that the mistakes off the field will affect the team coached by Hernán Crespo, who does not seem to have the conditions to make the team prosper in 2026.
São Paulo’s next commitment is the duel with São Bernardo, Thursday, at 9:45 pm, the day before the vote for the councilors to meet to vote on Casares’ impeachment process. On Wednesday, at 7pm, Mirassol visits Primavera in Indaiatuba.
MIRASSOL 3 X 0 SÃO PAULO
MIRASSOL: Walter; Daniel Borges, Luiz Otávio, João Victor and Reinaldo; Yuri Lara; Neto Moura (Yuri Lara), José Aldo and Lucas Mugni (Galeano); Shaylon (Eduardo), Alesson (Carlos Eduardo) and André Luis (Renato Marques). Coach: Rafael Guanaes.
SÃO PAULO: Rafael; Ferraresi, Alan Franco and Sabino; Cedric Soares (Maik), Bobadilla, Marcos Antonio, Alisson (Danielzinho) and Nicolas (Ferreira); Tapia (Lucas Moura) and Luciano (Lucca). Coach: Hernán Crespo.
GOALS: Lucas Mugni, at 6, Alesson, at 19 in the 1st Q; José Aldo, at 43 in the 2nd Q.
REFEREE: Matheus Delgado Candançan.
YELLOW CARDS: Neto Moura, Ferraresi.
RED CARD: Maik.
AUDIENCE: 8,167 fans
INCOME: R$394,060.00
LOCATION: José Maria de Campos Maia Stadium, Maião, in Mirassol
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
