Cotia round-up: São Paulo win two, foreign gem scores stunner | OneFootball

São Paulo’s U-20 and U-15 teams won their respective Campeonato Paulista matches this Wednesday (16). The games were rescheduled after being postponed last Saturday (12) due to heavy rain in Cotia.

The U-17s also took the field and were the only ones to lose. All three Tricolor matches were played at Prefeito José Liberatti Stadium in Osasco.

The junior team beat União São João 1-0, with a goal from Guatemalan striker Marvin, his first for the club. São Paulo’s U-15s, who only had to play the second half this Wednesday (the match had been suspended at the end of the first half), won 4-0, with two goals from Yagho, one from Luisinho and another from Juninho. The U-17s, meanwhile, were beaten 2-1 by Independente, with Rhian scoring Tricolor’s goal.

Just to complete the rout

The U-15 match began last Saturday at CFA Laudo Natel in Cotia, and São Paulo ended the first half with a 3-0 lead.

In the sixth minute, Juninho received a pass from João Marcos and opened the scoring with a shot from outside the box. In the 12th minute, Juninho showed up again, this time as the provider. The striker found Yahgo, who doubled the lead. In the 34th minute, Yahgo himself found the net again and scored the team’s third before the stoppage.

In the second half, played this Wednesday, Tricolor held onto its advantage and, in the 36th minute, Luisinho received the ball near the edge of the area and curled in a precise shot to make it 4-0.

The team’s next match will be against Inter de Limeira this Saturday (19), at 9 a.m. (Brasília time), at Antônio Lins Ribeiro Guimarães in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste (SP), in the 19th round of the Campeonato Paulista.

U-15: Felipe Ávila; Ruann, Pedro Leão, João Marcos and Gilbert; Miguel, Pietro and Luisinho; Arthur, Juninho and Yahgo. Coach: Vinícius dos Santos.

The only defeat

The 11 a.m. match began as a hard-fought contest, with plenty of changes in possession. After 17 minutes, Independente opened the scoring from the penalty spot. Four minutes later, in the 21st minute, Rhian fired in a shot from outside the box to equalize, but in the 40th minute the opponent scored a second.

Like the U-15s, the team will also return to action this Saturday (19), this time against Paulinense at 11 a.m. at Luís Perissinotto in Paulínia (SP), in the 19th round of the Paulista.

U-17: Cassiano; Rafael Barreto, Peixoto, Artur Kapaz and Lysander; Wellington, Lucas Henrique and João Paulo; Carlos, Mikael and Rhian. Coach: Menta.

A stunner from the foreign gem

Later in the afternoon, it was the turn of Tricolor’s U-20s to face União São João. Tricolor’s best chance in the first half came in the 41st minute, when Isac tried his luck from outside the box and the goalkeeper parried it away. On the rebound, Samuel tried to finish, but the ball went just wide of the post.

The team coached by Júlio Baptista continued to show a strong presence in the final third and was rewarded in the 34th minute with a stunning goal by Marvin from outside the box, lofting the ball over the goalkeeper and into the top right corner. The striker, who came on in the second half, arrived from Guatemala, is one of Cotia’s brightest prospects, and scored his first goal for the club after providing two assists in the previous two matches.

Having qualified for the second phase of the state championship, Tricolor is awaiting confirmation of the dates, times and opponent for the next round. In the Copa do Brasil, São Paulo is already through to the second phase and will face Athletico-PR, who secured qualification this Wednesday, but the date and kickoff time of the match have also not yet been set.

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