Academy round-up: stunner on U17 debut, girls lose Brasileirão final | OneFootball

São Paulo have an action-packed weekend in their youth ranks, which began with important matches this Friday (29).

Tricolor’s U-17 side drew 1-1 with Athletico-PR at CFA Laudo Natel, in Cotia, in their Brazilian Championship opener for the age group. São Paulo’s goal was scored by star prospect Nicolas Francisco, with a true stunner (watch below).

The first dangerous chance came in the 14th minute. After a corner kick from Luan, Robert flicked a header on and the defense cleared it off the line. In the 28th minute, Kaio received the ball in midfield and passed to Zabarelli, who surged down the wing. With a backheel, he returned it to Caio, who tried to place it into the top corner, but the ball hit the outside of the net. In the 29th minute, the visitors opened the scoring.

In the 33rd minute, Robert took a corner, Kauã Daniel got a touch, but the defense prevented the goal on the line. In the 39th minute, Robert chipped his marker and immediately set up Nicolas Francisco, who struck a beautiful volley and scored a superb goal in Cotia. Watch:

In the second half, the game took a while to heat up. In the 26th minute, João Soato made a great save, stretching fully to tip the ball away with his fingertips. In the 35th minute, Zabarelli backheeled it into Robert’s path, and the No. 10 tried his luck with a shot, but the goalkeeper saved it. On the rebound, Nicolas Francisco was alert, but the keeper dove and held onto the ball.

São Paulo U-17’s next match will be the continuation of the Brazilian Championship. The side will face rivals Corinthians next Monday (1) at 5:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at Canindé, in the second round of the national competition.

WOMEN FINISH RUNNERS-UP

Also on Friday night, São Paulo were beaten 2-1 by Flamengo at Estádio Luso Brasileiro, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), in the second leg of the Brazilian Women’s U-20 Championship final, and finished as runners-up. São Paulo’s goal was scored by Vitorinha.

In the opening half, in the 10th minute, Flamengo opened the scoring, but after a VAR review, the goal was disallowed. In the 27th minute, Micheli tried a first-time shot, but the ball went over the goal. In the 49th minute, Anna Luiza scored for Flamengo.

After the break, just 3 minutes in, Emilly doubled the lead, but the officials called offside on the play. In the 8th minute, Flamengo had another goal disallowed for offside. In the 20th minute, the referee awarded a penalty and, from the spot, Brendha scored the second goal for the Rio side.

São Paulo fought until the end and, in the 49th minute, Vitorinha scored Tricolor’s only goal of the match. In the first leg, São Paulo had lost 1-0. With the result, the aggregate score was 3-1 in Flamengo’s favor.

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