Grêmio sink São Paulo late and exit Brasileirão's drop zone, watch 🎥 | OneFootball

Grêmio earned a dramatic win over São Paulo in the Brasileirão this Saturday (8).

With a goal in the closing stages, the team from Rio Grande do Sul ended a run of three league matches without a win.

The victory at Arena do Grêmio came thanks to another decisive goal from a Pavón free kick.

São Paulo opened the scoring in the first half with an own goal by center back Gustavo Martins.

Fellow center back Wallace was responsible for the equalizer early in the second half.

The result takes Grêmio to 25 points, just one behind São Paulo, and lifts them out of the relegation zone.

The São Paulo side has now gone eight league matches without a win.

See the match highlights below:

The match

The first goal of the game came late in the first half, after São Paulo won the ball back in the attacking third.

Luciano crossed into the middle of the box, and Marcos Antônio challenged Gustavo Martins for the ball.

It came off the Grêmio defender last before crossing the line.

The home side found the equalizer in the opening moments of the second half.

From a corner kick, Carlos Vinícius nodded it on and Wallace fired the ball into the net.

When the final score seemed to be heading for 1-1, Grêmio completed the comeback.

For the second straight match, Pavón stepped up to take a free kick and found the net.

In midweek, against Mirassol, the Argentine had already scored the only goal in the match that sent the team from Rio Grande do Sul into the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals.

São Paulo piled on the pressure in the closing minutes and forced Weverton into several big saves, but could not find an equalizer.

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