São Paulo was amazed by Fortaleza and turned out to be crushed in MorumBIS this Saturday (13), in the debut of the Brazilian Title. The outcome further confounds what is going on. A portion of the fans in the arena referred to the coach as “idiotic”.
In spite of the Brazilian Super Cup title over main opponents Palmeiras, São Paulo fell in the quarter-finals of the Campeonato Paulista, to Novorizontino, and has one loss and one triumph in the first rounds of the Copa Libertadores.
Until this Saturday, the Paulo board was supporting Carpini, who replaced Dorival Júnior after the coach who won the Copa do Brasil in 2023 concurred with the CBF to lead the Brazilian team.
At Fortaleza, a decent outcome for a team that likewise didn’t begin the season well. Leão lost the last of the Cearense Title to match Ceará and had not been performing great. The victory over São Paulo was the group’s first of the year over a group present in the three principal series of Brazilian football.
São Paulo ruled the activity in the first half and simply neglected to open the scoring in the underlying stage since they were come by great recoveries from João Ricardo. Fortaleza’s goalkeeper got shots from Michel Araujo and Alisson, as well as saving a shot from Luciano, after the ball hit the post
Fortaleza, thus, didn’t terrify a lot and, in contrast to the São Paulo tricolor, didn’t give Rafael something to do. In the second half, the São Paulo tricolor additionally begun better. Be that as it may, Fortaleza, in its just shot on track up until this point, opened the scoring with an extraordinary objective from Lucero, in the twentieth moment. In the play, the number 9 got it from Pochettino, killed it in the chest and hit it into the right corner, with no possibility for the São Paulo goalkeeper.
Once more, behind the scoreboard, São Paulo squeezed, however without having the option to be viable. Until at 34, Machuca hit a cross to make it 2-0 for Fortaleza. Carpini’s group responded and after four minutes scored with a shot from outside the area by André Silva. The objective set the last stretch of the game ablaze.
In the second, a fast counterattack and Machuca attacked the free region, just dislodging the ball from goalkeeper Rafael. At the point when the fans were reviling and booing, André Silva, who supplanted Luciano, hit a delightful shot from the edge of the area to lessen the score. Yet, São Paulo didn’t have the solidarity to look for a draw, Fortaleza 2-1.
São Paulo forged ahead with top, yet couldn’t break Leão’s stamping, to the dissatisfaction of the in excess of 35 thousand São Paulo fans at Morumbis. São Paulo was a lot of prevalent in the primary half, cornering a Fortaleza group that entered with three safeguards, however Britez made do on the right flank. Yet, the São Paulo group halted after a roused execution by goalkeeper João Ricardo.
Leão do Pici worked on in the final part, kicked better guard and off to gamble great counterattacks. What’s more, Tricolor looked drained. Fortaleza’s most memorable objective was lovely, with Lucero completing inside the area after perfectly controlling the ball.
São Paulo 1 x 2 Fortaleza
São Paulo:
Rafael, Ferraresi, Arboleda and Diego Costa, Igor Vinícius (Erick), Pablo Maia, Alisson (Rodrigo Nestor), Galoppo (James Rodríguez) and Michel Araujo (Willian Gomes), Luciano (André Silva) and Calleri. Coach: Thiago Carpini
Fortaleza:
João Ricardo, Britez, Kuscevic, Titi and Bruno Pacheco, Zé Welison (Lucas Sasha), Hércules (Pedro Augusto) and Pochettino, Yago Pikachu (Machuca), Lucero and Marinho (Moisés). Coach: Juan Pablo Vojvoda.
Goals: André Silva (38min/second Q) for São Paulo; Lucero (20min/second Q), Machuca (34min/second Q) for Fortaleza
Yellow Cards: Pochettino, Brítez, Lucero (Fortaleza)
Reason: first round of Brazilian Series A
Date and time: April 13, 2024, at 9 pm (Brasília time)
Arrangement in Brasileirão Next Wednesday (17), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), São Paulo will confront Flamengo at Maracanã in the second round of the Brazilian Title.
Around the same time, Fortaleza has Cruzeiro, at 8pm (Brasília time), at Field Castelão.
By DNC