Good or bad? São Paulo lose Pablo Maia too, with Osório, for Inter | OneFootball

São Paulo have two confirmed absences in the squad for their next Brasileirão match. Center-back Osório and defensive midfielder Pablo Maia will serve automatic suspensions and will miss the team’s clash against Internacional, valid for the 28th round of the national tournament.

Young Osório was sent off in the first half of São Paulo’s 2-0 defeat in the derby against Palmeiras last Saturday (12). Meanwhile, Pablo Maia received his third yellow card in the same match — adding to the bookings he had already picked up against Grêmio and Coritiba — which brings a disciplinary suspension for the following round.

Questioned performances from the ‘favorite’

The only player kept in the starting lineup compared to the previous match against Boca Juniors in the Copa Sudamericana, Pablo Maia had been putting together a run in the holding midfield role under coach Dorival Júnior, who once again spoke about how much he likes the player after the derby defeat (watch at the end of the article).

After playing in eight consecutive matches at the start of the coaching staff’s tenure, the midfielder began alternating his place in the starting team with Danielzinho, especially after the tactical switch that introduced a three-center-back system.

However, Maia has been delivering very poor performances, with mistakes that hurt the team. That was the case again in the loss to Palmeiras, when the player misplaced a crucial pass in midfield that led to the opponent’s second goal.

Upcoming matches

The Brasileirão match between São Paulo and Internacional is scheduled for next Saturday (19), at 9 p.m. (Brasília time), at Morumbi Stadium.

Before turning their full attention back to the Brazilian Championship, the Tricolor squad are focusing their preparations on the decisive match for a place in the Copa Sudamericana semifinals.

São Paulo host Boca Juniors this Tuesday (15), at 9:30 p.m., at Morumbi, in the second leg of the quarterfinals, needing to overturn the 1-0 deficit suffered in the first leg in Argentina.

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