2023-09-21 07:47:05
The defeat leaves São Paulo with 28 points and the difference to the relegation zone for the Brasileirão series B is four points
With the mind and part of the team thinking about the second match of the Copa do Brasil final, São Paulo hosted Fortaleza at the Morumbi stadium and was defeated 2-1, this Wednesday, in the 24th round of the Brasileirão. With the team completely alternative, Dorival Júnior saw his opponent open up an advantage with Zé Welison and Lucero, took a discount with James Rodríguez in the second stage, but saw his winless streak in the competition reach eight games.
The defeat leaves São Paulo with 28 points and the difference to the relegation zone for the Brasileirão series B is four points. Fortaleza reached 38 points and rose to seventh place. Now, the São Paulo team focuses its attention on the Copa do Brasil final against Flamengo, next Sunday. The team from Ceará is preparing for the semi-final of the Copa Sudamericana, against Corinthians, on Tuesday, 26th.
With the team completely reserve, São Paulo started the match with the ball and looking to attack. Betting on a midfield with James Rodríguez in creation and with Luciano as number 9, the São Paulo team controlled the first minutes and made goalkeeper João Ricardo work in two moments in which he finished from distance. Despite this dominance by the home team, it only took one attack from Fortaleza for the score to be opened.
In the 15th minute, Pochettino crossed from the right, Zé Welison appeared behind Nathan’s back and headed the ball away. The ball hit Jandrei’s post and ended up in the goal. After the goal, São Paulo grew and started massacring the opponent. At 17, Michel Araújo invaded the area and was brought down by Titi. When taking the penalty, James Rodríguez kicked and João Ricardo made the save.
Even with the penalty missed, São Paulo did not slow down and saw Fortaleza’s goalkeeper consolidate himself as the biggest name in the first stage. At 25, Luan finished from outside the area and stopped at the post. Three minutes later, James took a free kick and the ball stopped at the Ceará team’s crossbar. At 31, the Colombian midfielder got up in the area, Juan headed it in and João Ricardo made the save.
In the final stretch, Michel Araújo took advantage of a good collective play on the right half, finished strong and stopped in a great save by the Fortaleza goalkeeper. In stoppage time, Luciano appeared in the area and deflected another good save from João.
Fortaleza came back from the break looking for more attack and scored the second early on. In the seventh minute, Marinho made the move on the right and was brought down in the area by Michel Araújo. When taking the penalty, Lucero shot hard into the left corner and doubled the lead.
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With 2-0 against, São Paulo seemed to get lost on the field. Without the intensity of the first stage, the Morumbi team was unable to score or attack. In this way, Fortaleza got scared with a free kick from Pochettino that hit the crossbar.
After the scare, Dorival Júnior changed the team and the São Paulo team managed to grow. With the fans pushing, São Paulo started to speed up the plays and managed to score the goal. In the 33rd minute, the team from Ceará made a mistake with the ball, James Rodríguez finished from a low distance with João Ricardo out of the goal and scored his first with the São Paulo shirt.
In the final third of the second half, the game was attack against defense. With James Rodríguez, Alexandre Pato and David forming the attack, Dorival’s team tried as best they could to reach the opponent’s goal, but little bothered goalkeeper João Ricardo.
DATASHEET
SÃO PAULO 1 X 2 FORTALEZA
SÃO PAULO – Jandrei; Nathan, Diego Costa, Alan Franco and Wellington; Luan (Alexandre Pato), Gabriel Neves (Rodriguinho), Michel Araújo (Pedrinho Vilhena) and James Rodríguez; Luciano (David) and Juan (Tales Costa). Coach: Dorival Júnior.
FORTALEZA – João Ricardo; Tinga, Brítez, Titi and Bruno Pacheco (Escobar); Zé Welison (Lucas Sasha), Caio Alexandre and Pochettino (Pedro Augusto); Marinho (Yago Pikachu), Guilherme and Lucero (Thiago Galhardo). Coach: Juan Pablo Vojvoda.
GOALS – Zé Welison, 15 minutes into the 1st half, Lucero, seven minutes into the 2nd half, James Rodríguez, 33 minutes into the 2nd half,
YELLOW CARDS – Titi, Zé Welison, Diego Costa, João Ricardo, Nathan, Marinho, Rodriguinho and Thiago Galhardo.
REFEREE – Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz (RJ).
PUBLIC – 24,777 people.
INCOME – R$ 1.216.346,00.
LOCAL – Morumbi Stadium, in São Paulo (SP).
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