Crespo's record worse than in his first spell at São Paulo | OneFootball

Hernán Crespo is experiencing a lower performance as the coach of São Paulo compared to his first stint with the club in 2021.

This season, the Argentine coach has led the team in 21 matches, achieving nine wins, four draws, and eight losses – a performance rate of 49.2%.

In his first stint with the Tricolor, in 2021, the year he won the Campeonato Paulista, ending the club's title drought of over eight years, Crespo had a performance rate of 57.2%.

During his first time at São Paulo, the Argentine played 53 games, achieving 24 wins, 19 draws, and ten losses. Besides the Paulista title, the Tricolor reached the quarter-finals of the Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil under his command.

Crespo returned to São Paulo in July this year, when the team was just one point away from the relegation zone in the Brasileirão. With the Argentine, the Tricolor made a turnaround and climbed to the upper part of the table, starting to fight for a spot in the Libertadores.

The fact is that the recent sequence of games has not been positive for São Paulo. The team was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores by LDU, lost the classics against Santos and Palmeiras, and was overtaken by Fluminense from the seventh position in the Brazilian Championship.

Next Thursday, the Tricolor returns to the field to face Grêmio, away from home, and needs to react in the league to not distance itself from the top positions. It remains to be seen if coach Hernán Crespo and his team will take advantage of the break caused by the FIFA date to get the team back on track.

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