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São Paulo expands Santos crisis with elastic victory in Vila Belmiro

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Santos and São Paulo arrived at the classic held on Sunday night (20) in moments of instability. The alvinegra team saw its crisis deepen. The tricolor left Vila Belmiro with a 3-0 victory that gives morale for the sequence of the season.

Eder, Eduardo Bauermann (own) and Rodrigo Nestor scored the goals that set the score in Santos. There was even balance during a considerable part of the game, but the visitors knew how to take advantage of the rival’s defensive problems and built the expressive result.

With the result, Rogério Ceni’s men reached 11 points, in second place in Group B of the Campeonato Paulista – São Bernardo, which has one more game, leads the group with 14. Santos is second in Group D, but with only nine points in eight games, 37.5% of success.

It was the bad start to the year that made the club fire coach Fábio Carille after the 3-2 defeat to Mirassol last Thursday (17). But interim commander Marcelo Fernandes was unable to solve the team’s problems in a few days.

The defense again conceded three goals, the first of them in a ball raised into the area by Nikão, in the 22nd minute of the first half. The striker, who played his best game since arriving at São Paulo, at the beginning of the season, found Eder for a good header.

Santos tried to react in the final stage, but returned to offer spaces. In the 20th minute, Alisson received from Calleri and looked for Gabriel Sara in the area. The midfielder shared with Eduardo Bauermann, who saw the ball go in and got credit for the own goal.

The dismay was clear in the black-and-white players, leaked again in the sequence. At 26, Rodrigo Nestor received another good pass from Nikão, advanced freely to the crescent and hit a precise kick, in the left corner of João Paulo.

The result caused outrage among the fans in Vila Belmiro, who chanted protests at the final whistle. There were shouts like “team shameless”, “we want a player” and “it’s not soft, no, you have to honor Peixão’s shirt”.

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