Crowd for Boca decider could be São Paulo's biggest in two years | OneFootball

São Paulo expects to break this season’s attendance record at Morumbi in tonight’s decisive match against Boca Juniors, the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals. Advance sales have already surpassed 50,000 tickets.

The current figure does not include all season ticket seats and luxury boxes, which has the club’s board expecting a crowd of around 57,000 fans. If that number is confirmed, it will be the highest recorded at the stadium this year.

So far, São Paulo’s biggest crowd of the season came in the derby against Palmeiras in the first half of the Brazilian Championship, when 54,058 fans attended at Morumbi.

If the board’s optimism proves right, tonight’s crowd could be even larger than those recorded in the 2025 season, whose record was 57,496 fans at the match against Atlético Nacional of Colombia in the Copa Libertadores.

To rally the team from the stands, the club’s three main organized supporter groups — Independente, Falange Tricolor and Dragões da Real — agreed to unify their drum sections. As in the last two home matches, the percussionists will play in coordination throughout the 90 minutes.

In addition to the mobilization inside the stadium, fans are also organizing a welcome for the São Paulo squad’s bus at the entrance to Morumbi, with drums and flares. Henrique Gomes, known as Baby, leader of Independente, promises that the celebration “will be the biggest ever seen” at the Tricolor’s home.

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