With good collective performance, São Paulo beat Internacional 1-0, this Sunday (31), at Morumbi, and moved away from the relegation zone of the Brazilian Championship. The result allows the team from São Paulo to aim for the first half in the Nacional table.
Coach Rogério Ceni’s team entered the field in 15th place, just four points ahead of Juventude, the club that opens the championship zone. Now, in a more comfortable situation, São Paulo appears in 11th place and has 37 points, four less than Inter, the club that closes the group of the six best placed.
It was the fourth game of coach Rogério Ceni in this second passage ahead of the São Paulo club. So far, the coach has two wins (Corinthians and Internacional), one draw (Ceará) and one defeat (Red Bull Bragantino).
Against the club from Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo evolved and played a more solid match under the coach’s command. The team dominated the game, pressed the opponent to their defense field and wasted several chances to score.
There were 20 São Paulo submissions against the opponent’s 9, according to the statistics website Footstats. In the first half, the team from São Paulo had 58% of the ball, against 42% of the team from Rio Grande do Sul.
Midfielder Gabriel Sara scored the only goal of the match. He invaded the area and kicked across to open the scoring after 4 minutes of the first half. The assistance was given by Reinaldo, the team’s biggest waiter in the year.
With the advantage, São Paulo managed the game and piled up goal chances with Rigoni, Igor Gomes and Luciano — the third, substituted in the second half, is facing eight games without scoring.
Creative up front, the team knitted also had defensive solidity, and goalkeeper Tiago Volpi did little work. Inter’s best chance came with Rodrigo Lindoso, who took a risk from outside the area and hit the crossbar.
In the next round, São Paulo will face Bahia, on Sunday (7), away from home. A day before, Internacional faces Grêmio, in Beira-Rio.
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