São Paulo wins and breathes in the search for classification

The match between São Paulo and Cobresal took place on the traditional Wednesday (10) of Libertadores at the Morumbis stadium in the capital of São Paulo, in front of an audience of 49,502 fans. The clash between Brazilians and Chileans marked an important and decisive game for the development of the group. In the first match of group B of the Libertadores, São Paulo lost in Argentina to Talleres, while Cobresal drew with Barcelona from Ecuador. With the result, the São Paulo tricolor even surpassed the Chilean team itself and is no longer in last place in the group.

History of the confrontation

With the need to win in the second round of the competition, São Paulo started the game with almost all of their time in possession, even creating good chances with James Rodrigues who stopped at the opposing goalkeeper and Calleri who ended up having his shot hit the post . Even with these chances created, more was expected from the three-time Libertadores champion, São Paulo played the ball a lot in the first half, however without extreme efficiency and speed, causing the first half of the game to end in a draw.

For the second half of the match, both teams returned unchanged and the game metrics in the first minutes remained the same, São Paulo with possession of the ball and Cobresal defending. The pressured Tricolor coach risked a change in the 60th minute of the game, taking Pablo Maia out of the game and putting Galoppo on. Every minute that passed irritated the São Paulo fans and distressed the players and then the São Paulo team began to rely on set pieces and crosses, even demanding good saves from goalkeeper Requena.

However, it was only 37 minutes into the second half that the cry of relief echoed in the São Paulo stadium. In a great cross ball from James to Calleri, the Argentine headed the ball into the center of the area where Michel Araújo shared it with the goalkeeper and the ball was left for André Silva to open the scoring, in addition, the center forward scored his first goal with the shirt of the Brazil's greatest international champion.

The calm came with the goal scored and São Paulo grew in the game until reaching their second goal, in a great cross from Erick, Calleri headed for a good save by Requena, but on the rebound the Argentine tricolor did not waste and increased the score. With the final score of 2-0, the Brazilian team achieved its first victory in the current edition of the Libertadores and will finish this group stage in the round of 16 classification zone.

_{Views from the confrontation between São Paulo and Cobresal (Reproduction/YouTube/ESPN Brasil)}

Tricolor's opponent's curiosity

Cobresal entered the field with an extremely negative record, the Chilean team has not yet won any victory in 2024, registering five defeats and two draws in the Chilean championship (where the team is at the bottom of the competition) and 1 draw and 1 defeat by Libertadores da América. The situation worsened with today's defeat on an emotional and organizational level. The Chilean team now faces Talleres in the third round of the Libertadores at its stadium, while São Paulo goes to Ecuador to face Barcelona de Guayaquil.

Featured Photo: Calleri and André Silva, scorers of São Paulo's goals, celebrating victory at Morumbi (Reproduction/Instagram/@saopaulofc/Paulo Pinto)