São Paulo took a while to take off against São Bernardo this Tuesday (22), at Morumbi. He even came out behind on the scoreboard, but not only sought a comeback, but managed to advance to the semifinals of the Paulista Championship with a 4-1 victory.
Davó was the one who opened the scoring in the tricolor house, but Rodrigo Nestor, Pablo Maia, Marquinhos and Calleri commanded the turn of the owners of the house, the current champions of the State.
The first half already indicated that it would not be easy. Despite having finished 14 times on goal, the tricolor team took almost half of the initial stage to be able to exchange passes closer to the penalty area. It was only in the final ten minutes, in fact, that he created his best opportunities.
In one of them, Rodrigo Nestor missed a great chance, after the ball was moved back to Alex Alves, the goalkeeper tried to dribble Luciano, but was disarmed. Nestor kept the remainder, left shirt 1 behind and invaded the free marking area. With the goal practically free, the midfielder kicked over the crossbar.
The mistake cost even more immediately after the break, at 7 minutes, when Reinaldo lost the ball on the way out of the defense, disarmed by Cristovam, who played for Davó. The attacker tried twice before getting a low finish and opening the scoring.
Shortly after, Luciano equalized, but the goal was disallowed for offside. It was the password for Ceni to make a series of changes. Welington, Calleri and Rigoni entered the field. The changes made the team more offensive, but ironically it was up to Rodrigo Nestor to equalize, in the 19th minute.
The penalty shootout was already on the horizon of the match, but at 37 minutes Pablo Maia received the ball at the entrance of the area, in a rehearsed play from a corner, and left the hosts in front of the score. Before the end of the duel, Marquinhos still extended, at 42, and Calleri closed the account at 46.
The turnaround prevented the São Paulo commander from reliving some of the traumas of his first stint as the club’s coach.
In 2017, Rogério Ceni suffered bad results in knockout stages in Morumbi that marked his beginning of his trajectory on the edge of the lawns.
It started precisely at the State Championship, when the team lost at home the first leg against Corinthians in the semifinal, by 2 to 0. On the way back, an away draw eliminated the São Paulo team. In the Copa do Brasil, a 2-0 defeat at home to Cruzeiro was instrumental in causing the fall in the fourth phase. The team even won on the return, but the 2 to 1 was insufficient to turn the confrontation around.
Before the end of that season, another early elimination. In the first phase of the Copa Sudamericana, the São Paulo team tied away by 0 to 0 and, on the return, a new equality, but 1 to 1, favored the Argentine team by the criterion of the goal as a visitor.
This time, the team managed to have the strength to look for the comeback and is still alive in the search for the title.
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