Curse lifted: Rigoni’s goal restores São Paulo’s confidence | OneFootball

In a very hectic end to the match at Vila Belmiro, forward Rigoni took advantage of a São Paulo counterattack to finally break his drought and scored his first goal in this second stint with Tricolor. The team still slipped up with an own goal by Ferraresi, but beat Juventude 2-1 this Sunday (22).

The Argentine spent just 11 minutes on the pitch, coming on at the end of the match in place of Tapia and had only three touches on the ball, but that was enough to score and secure the team's victory over the side from Rio Grande do Sul.

Still on the Vila pitch, Rigoni said the goal gave him the confidence he had been lacking to continue his work at São Paulo in this final stretch of the season, and he did not hide his happiness.

“I am very happy. My teammates know I work every day for the well-being of the group, for the team, for myself, and today I was able to score and that was what I needed, so I really value this goal, because it gave me the confidence I needed to move forward,” the forward told Premiere channel.

“So, I’m happy that we got the three points at a time when we needed to win, so I’m happy,” the Tricolor forward added.

Rigoni had been heavily criticized by São Paulo fans for the string of missed goals he had been accumulating in recent matches. He redeemed himself and broke the curse.

Back in the fight for a still distant spot in the 2026 Libertadores, São Paulo returns to the field at 8:30 pm (Brasília time) on Thursday (27), against Fluminense, at Maracanã, in a crucial match for their ambitions and which marks the reunion with coach Luis Zubeldía, who was dismissed in June.

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