São Paulo thrashed 6-1 by Fluminense in humiliating Maracanã defeat | OneFootball

São Paulo suffered a humiliating thrashing against Fluminense this Thursday, losing 6-0 at Maracanã, in the penultimate round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The goals for the Carioca Tricolor were scored by Cannobio (2), one of them from the penalty spot, Martinelli, Nonato, John Kennedy, and Serna.

This was São Paulo’s biggest defeat in the history of matches against Fluminense. Until now, the worst result for the São Paulo Tricolor against their Carioca rivals had been a 7-2 loss in 1960.

Even with the disastrous result, São Paulo remained in eighth place in the Campeonato Brasileiro, but could be caught by Corinthians, who play on Sunday against Botafogo at the Neo Química Arena. The Tricolor still dreams of a spot in the Pre-Libertadores and hopes that Fluminense or Cruzeiro win the Copa do Brasil, so that the team finishing eighth in the national competition will qualify for the continental tournament.

Fluminense, in turn, has at least secured qualification for the Pre-Libertadores and will now aim to clinch a direct spot in the group stage of the tournament. The Carioca Tricolor also extended their unbeaten run this season to five matches, four of them against the top four teams in the Campeonato Brasileiro: Flamengo (win), Palmeiras (draw), Cruzeiro (draw), and Mirassol (win).

Match Summary

  FLUMINENSE 6 x 0 SÃO PAULO   

 Competition: Campeonato Brasileiro (36th round)  Venue: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)  Date: November 27, 2025, Thursday  Time: 8:30 PM (Brasília time)

 Yellow Cards: Cannobio (Fluminense); Alan Franco (São Paulo)  Red Cards:

Refereeing

Referee: Lucas Paulo Torezin (PR) Assistants: Guilherme Dias Camilo (MG) and Andrey Luiz de Freitas (PR) VAR: Daniel Nobre Bins (RS)

Goals:

Fluminense ⚽️⚽️Cannobio, 9' 1st half and 31' 2nd half ⚽️Martinelli, 16' 1st half ⚽️Nonato, 24' 1st half ⚽️John Kennedy, 24' 2nd half ⚽️Serna, 41' 2nd half

Fluminense

Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Thiago Silva (Ignácio), Freytes and Renê; Martinelli, Hércules (Nonato) and Lucho Costa (Ganso); Canobbio (Soteldo), Serna and Everaldo (John Kennedy). Coach: Luis Zubeldía.

São Paulo

Young; Ferraresi, Luiz Gustavo and Alan Franco; Maik (Nicolas), Pablo Maia (Alisson), Bobadilla (Negrucci), Marcos Antônio and Lucca (Paulinho); Rigoni and Tapia (Tolói). Coach: Hernán Crespo.

The Match

Fluminense’s Onslaught in the First Half

Fluminense needed just nine minutes to open the scoring. Samuel Xavier crossed from the right, and the ball hit Alan Franco’s arm, which was slightly away from the defender’s body. After a VAR review, the referee awarded a penalty to the home team. Cannobio stepped up and made no mistake, putting the Carioca Tricolor ahead.

São Paulo barely had time to recover from the first goal when Fluminense scored the second. At 16 minutes, Samuel Xavier again appeared on the right and slid in a cross to Everaldo, who headed it straight at Ferraresi. On the rebound, Martinelli finished into the back of the net, leaving the Carioca Tricolor even more comfortable in the match.

Not satisfied, Fluminense scored a third goal at the 24-minute mark. Nonato received the ball on the left, easily got past Ferraresi’s marking, and, face to face with Young, slotted it through the goalkeeper’s legs.

The emphatic win only didn’t become a rout because São Paulo got lucky. Before the halftime whistle, Serna found himself one-on-one with Young, who saved his shot. Shortly after, Alan Franco made a mistake passing back to the goalkeeper, and this time Cannobio was through on goal, but hit the crossbar.

Crespo Makes Changes for São Paulo

Faced with São Paulo’s ineffectiveness on the pitch, coach Hernán Crespo was forced to make changes at halftime. The Argentine brought on Alisson, youngster Nicolas, and Rafael Tolói for Pablo Maia, Maik, and Tapia, respectively.

Rout

But none of the changes made any difference for São Paulo. At 24 minutes into the second half, Fluminense turned the emphatic win into a rout. Serna received a through ball from Cannobio, controlled it, and set up John Kennedy, who took it past the defender and finished across goal, leaving Young with no chance.

Humiliation

As if that wasn’t enough, at 31 minutes Cannobio found himself with plenty of space on the right, entered the box, and, once again face to face with Young, this time didn’t disappoint, finishing across goal to make it 5-0 and complete São Paulo’s humiliation at Maracanã.

To finish it off, at 41 minutes of the second half, Fluminense put the final numbers on the scoreboard with Serna, who finished off a low cross from Soteldo into the back of the net for the sixth and final goal.

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