São Paulo won again in Brasileirão 2026 on Saturday night (4). Playing at home and On a bright night in Ferreirinha, which left three players in the game, Tricolor defeated Cruzeiro 4-1 in a duel valid for the 10th round of the competition. Calleri, from the penalty spot, also left his mark. While Christian scored the Cruzeiro goal of honor.
As a result, the São Paulo wins again after two defeats and a draw and reaches 20 pointssleeping in second place in the Brasileirão. Cruzeiro remains in crisis, with just 7 points in 18th in the table.
São Paulo returns to the field this Tuesday, in Uruguay, where it will debut in the South American Championship against Boston River, at 9:30 pm (Brasília). Cruzeiro debuts in the Libertadores on the same date, in Ecuador, against Barcelona de Guayaquil, at 9pm.
How was the game?
Roger Machado’s team started pressing and ended up being rewarded with a penalty in their favor 10 minutes into the game. Artur was brought down inside the area and the referee signaled the penalty. Calleri took the kick and opened the scoring. This was the Argentine’s 11th goal of the year, the 6th in the Brasileirão. He is the competition’s second top scorer, behind only Carlos Vinícius, from Grêmio.
Four minutes later, São Paulo launched a counterattack, Artur hit a millimetric pass to Ferreirinha and the attacker completed it under Matheus Cunha’s legs to score the tricolor’s second.
Cruzeiro started to enjoy the game at the end of the first half. Kaio Jorge lost a chance face to face with Rafael. But after the break, Raposa was deadly and found the net with Christian, completing Arroyo’s cross.
The Minas Gerais team started to dominate the game, but again São Paulo scored. In a corner taken by Artur, the ball fell to Ferreirinha, who scored his second goal of the night. But, in stoppage time, Ferreirinha left his hat-trick with a beautiful goal, passing by two markers and shooting into the corner of the Cruzeiro goal.
