Lucas and Calleri rescue São Paulo, comeback win keeps G8 spot | OneFootball

São Paulo defeated Primavera on this rainy Saturday night, 2-1, and entered the qualifying zone for the knockout stage of the Campeonato Paulista. Tricolor fell behind and almost got into trouble in the tournament, but relied on goals from the duo Lucas and Calleri to turn the game around at Morumbis and secure three crucial points.

Standings

São Paulo now occupies eighth place in the standings, with ten points. However, Hernán Crespo’s team could still be overtaken by Mirassol, who visit Capivariano this Sunday. Tricolor is rooting for a slip-up from Leão so they can depend only on themselves for a spot in the quarterfinals of the State Championship.

Primavera, meanwhile, is in 11th place, with seven points, and will need a combination of results in the final round to advance to the next stage.

📋 Match Summary

🔴 SÃO PAULO 2 X 1 PRIMAVERA ⚫

🏆 Competition: Campeonato Paulista (7th round) 🏟️ Venue: Morumbis, in São Paulo (SP) 📅 Date: February 7, 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 👥 Attendance: 37,267 fans 💰 Revenue: R$ 1,705,237.00 🟨 Yellow Cards: Luan Martins, Renato Vischi and Luiz Fernando (Primavera); Dória and Ferraresi (São Paulo) 🟥 Red Cards: Renato Vischi (Primavera)

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Goals:

🔴 São Paulo

Rafael; Ferraresi, Alan Franco and Dória (Luciano); Cédric (Lucas Ramon), Bobadilla (Calleri), Marcos Antônio, Lucas (Pedro Ferreira) and Enzo Díaz; Ferreirinha (Lucca) and Tapia (Danielzinho). Coach: Hernán Crespo

⚫ Primavera

Victor Hugo; Kevin (Lucas Douglas), Afonso (Renato Vischi), Ligger and Thales; Júnior Caiçara, Luan Martins (João Victor) and Matheus Anjos (Paulinho); Welliton, Paulo Baya (Luiz Fernando) and Gabriel Poveda. Coach: Rafael Marques

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How was the match?

São Paulo started better, but the first dangerous chance came from Primavera. After a beautiful triangle play at the edge of the box in the 14th minute, Matheus Anjos fired a rocket with his right foot, but Rafael made a good save. Tricolor responded in the 18th minute, when Lucas weaved through the defense and set up Tapia, who shot straight at goalkeeper Victor Hugo.

The rest of the first half was scrappy and marked by many stoppages. São Paulo hovered around the opponent’s box but couldn’t create clear goal-scoring chances.

Second half

Coach Hernán Crespo tried to boost the home side’s attacking power by bringing on Luciano for the yellow-carded Dória, but got a scare right at the start of the second half. Welliton broke away on a counter-attack down the left and shot with precision, but Rafael saved.

Comfortable at Morumbis, Primavera took the lead in the 8th minute. The team exchanged passes until they found number 9 Gabriel Poveda, who received with his back to goal at the edge of the box, turned and shot with his left foot. The ball deflected off Ferraresi’s foot, wrong-footed Rafael, and ended up in the back of the net.

São Paulo pushed forward and had a great chance to equalize in the 18th minute. After a cross into the box, Calleri was left alone at the far post, but shot off-balance and missed the opportunity.

Tricolor managed to equalize in the 25th minute. Calleri was played in down the left and crossed into the box for debutant Lucas Ramon, who slid in and redirected the ball to the middle of the area. Lucas took advantage of the scramble and found the net. All square!

The turnaround came just a few minutes later. In the 30th minute, Luciano took an elbow to the face and went down in the box. The referee initially gave nothing, but changed his mind after reviewing the play on VAR and awarded the penalty. Calleri converted perfectly and put São Paulo ahead.

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