Honourable farewell: São Paulo thrash Santos, but exit U20 Brasileiro | OneFootball

São Paulo crushed Santos 3-0 this Wednesday (1) at CT Rei Pelé, in Santos, São Paulo, in the 19th and final round of the Brazilian Under-20 Championship. Lucyan and Nicolas Kauan (2) scored for the Made In Cotia side, which finished the competition in 11th place with 25 points.

Tricolor no longer had any chance of finishing in the top eight of the national U-20 league, which guarantees qualification for the next knockout stage of the competition. As a result, they bowed out of the national tournament after ending up four points short of the qualification zone.

The São Paulo side had a great start and opened the scoring just six minutes in through Lucyan, who received a pass from Angelo and fired a low shot across goal into the net. In the 14th minute, Nicolas Kauan took advantage of a goalkeeper error to score the second. Bezerra also rattled the crossbar before halftime with a mid-range strike.

In the second half, on a great counterattack in the seventh minute, Lucyan set up Nicolas Kauan, who controlled the ball inside the box and struck left-footed to seal the win and score his second goal of the match.

Now, São Paulo turns its attention to the Paulista Under-20 Championship. The next match takes place this Saturday (4) at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), when the team faces XV de Piracicaba at Bruno José Daniel Stadium in Santo André, São Paulo. In the competition, Tricolor has a 100% record after three matches, with seven goals scored and none conceded.

Under-20: João Nazari; Angelo, Igão, Hugo and Guilherme Reis; Bezerra (Samuel Jhonathan, 23/2), Matheus Ferreira (Renan, 30/2) and Robert (Davi Pena, 23/2); Lucyan (Juan Potes, 30/2), Djhordney and Nicolas Kauan (Lino, 23/2). Head coach: Júlio Baptista.

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