São Paulo loses to Bahia before challenging streak at Brazilian Nationals

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On Sunday (7), São Paulo was the new victim of Bahia’s reaction in the Brazilian Championship, which, with a beautiful goal by Rossi at Fonte Nova, made 1-0 and completed seven matches without losing in the competition.

With the result, the team from São Paulo is at 37 points, and the northeastern team has 36.

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To complicate matters, São Paulo will have a challenging streak. On Wednesday (10), the team will visit Fortaleza, at 9:30 pm, at Arena Castelão. The opposing team has a good campaign, is fifth with 48 points, and has already eliminated São Paulo in this year’s Copa do Brasil.

Afterwards, the Morumbi team will receive Flamengo, at home, on Sunday (14), at 4 pm. Afterwards, he will visit rival Palmeiras on a Wednesday (17), at 8:30 pm, at Allianz Parque.

Technicians Guto Ferreira and Rogério Ceni are responsible for increasing production in Bahia and São Paulo in the Brazilian Championship. The first one debuted for Bahia on October 9th and had seven unbeaten games so far (three wins and four draws), a light in the Bahian club’s fight against relegation.

Since Ceni’s debut, on the 14th, São Paulo has lost only to Red Bull Bragantino, drew with Ceará, but beat Corinthians and Internacional. The team from São Paulo started dreaming about the first part of the leaderboard, but this Sunday’s defeat could cool the plans a little.

In addition to the leading role of the coaches, the stubbornness between them gave a bit of spice to the confrontation. In the 2020 season, Rogério Ceni, in charge of Fortaleza, and Guto Ferreira, then in Ceará, faced each other five times between the state tournament, the Northeast Cup and the Brazilian Championship.

The current commander of the São Paulo team won three times for the former club, and the current coach of the Bahia team got the better of the former São Paulo team on two occasions, in addition to having also led the Ceará squad in the victory over Flamengo de Ceni.

In the first half of this Sunday, São Paulo had more possession of the ball, but Bahia was the one who created the best scoring chances. On minute 43, Gilberto headed almost into the small area, and Tiago Volpi made a beautiful save.

In the final stage, Ceni bet on Calleri in place of Luciano and Benítez, in the place of Gabriel Sara. Guto responded with Rossi in Raí’s spot and did better. At 31, Rossi scored a great goal in a placed kick.

In the next round, Bahia will face Flamengo, on Thursday (11), at 7 pm, at Maracanã.

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