São Paulo to play Flamengo, Bragantino at Santos' ground due to concerts | OneFootball

São Paulo will play two Brasileirão matches at the beginning of next November at Vila Belmiro, Santos’ home ground, following a mutual stadium exchange agreement between the clubs when necessary this year.

As announced by the CBF, Tricolor’s matches against Flamengo and Bragantino, which were originally scheduled for Morumbi, have been moved to the Vila in Santos. The games will take place on the 5th, against the team from Rio, and on the 8th, against the team from the interior of São Paulo. The match times remain unchanged.

The request to change venues made by São Paulo is due to a series of concerts that the club will host at Morumbi starting at the end of October, beginning with a performance by Imagine Dragons. Afterwards, the schedule continues with a Linkin Park concert on November 8, followed by Dua Lipa on the 15th.

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The match against Juventude, also with São Paulo as the host, still has no set date, but based on the 22nd or 23rd, will also require a change of stadium, since Morumbi will be occupied for two concerts by the English band Oasis.

São Paulo and Santos agreed to the stadium exchange in July, for up to three matches in this year’s Campeonato Brasileiro. The partnership arose from Santos’ interest, as the club plans to play in other stadiums, especially in the capital, to better serve its fans.

The team from the coast has already played two matches here, and renting Morumbi to Santos became a controversial topic among São Paulo fans this season. In their first match at the Tricolor’s home, against Juventude, rival fans vandalized the São Paulo-Morumbi station on the Yellow Line 4 of the São Paulo Metro. Superbet advertisements related to São Paulo were torn down.

Santos moved quickly to end any controversy and paid for the replacement of the stickers at the station, as well as covering damages caused by graffiti done by their fans in the area around Morumbi.

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