Luciano faces worst goal drought for São Paulo, attack falters without André Silva | OneFootball

Over the last four years, it had become a kind of mantra. Whenever São Paulo's team was not performing on the field and Luciano was on the bench, the name of the number 10 player would start to be chanted by the stands, whether at Morumbi or away from home.

Well, it used to be...

That's because at Tricolor's most delicate offensive moment in 33 years (see more by clicking here), with three center forwards handed over to the medical department, Luciano had to take on the role of the reference man for São Paulo's attack. And the result has been disappointing.

Luciano hasn't scored a goal for the Morumbi club since the 1-0 victory over Juventude, on July 24, away from home, for the Brazilian Championship.

That's 13 games without a goal, more than two months without hitting the net, with 874 minutes of drought. During this period, there were 28 shots, with six clear chances missed, amid eliminations in the Brazil and Libertadores cups.

Luciano has not been involved in a goal since July 27, when he assisted Ferreirinha's goal, the first in the 3-1 victory over Fluminense, at Morumbi, also for the Brasileirão.

A sequence that makes the number 10, from idolatry, with the right to the creation of a large flag by an organized fan base, to become the target of criticism and complaints, being pointed out as one of the culprits for the current dismal phase, with one goal scored and only one victory in the last six games.

But the truth is that Luciano cannot be the only one blamed for the bad phase. Since André Silva got injured, Tricolor's attack has collapsed as a whole.

According to a survey by 'Sofascore', counting the last six games with André Silva on the field and now the last six without him, São Paulo saw the number of victories drop (from three to one), losses increase (from none to five), performance drop (from 66.7% to 16.7%) and goals scored (from nine to one), as well as an increase in goals conceded (from four to six).

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