Luciano: Regrets past mistakes, warns of tougher year, denies leadership | OneFootball

The internal crisis at São Paulo directly affected their performance on the field. São Paulo fell 3-0 to Mirassol on Sunday night (11), in their debut at the Paulistão 2026, marking their first embarrassment of the season. Completely dominated, the Tricolor displayed old defensive errors and a constant offensive apathy.

Number 10 Luciano was a starter, but like the entire team, performed poorly. It was the forward who tried to explain the team's defeat, lamenting the old "mistakes from last year."

"I think our team didn't play well today, we conceded very easy goals, mistakes from last year. I'll leave the political part for others to discuss, we try and do everything to not interfere, so I'll leave those matters for others to talk about," said Luciano shortly after the final whistle at the Maião stadium.

And the outlook is not promising. If 2025 was quite complicated, things this season don't seem to be improving. Therefore, the forward asked for the support of the Tricolor fans to get through this difficult moment for the club.

"To be honest, we ask for the support of our fans because, like last year, I think this year will be more difficult, so I ask our fans not to abandon the team, with them we are stronger, the season will be tough, so I just ask that, for the fans not to abandon this group," requested the club's top scorer for the last three seasons.

Since 2020, defending São Paulo's colors, Luciano is one of the most identified and experienced players in the group. He was asked if he is one of the new leaders of the group in contact with the football management.

"No, no. I don't speak much with the management. That part of talking to the management now is up to the captain, who is Rafael, and sometimes Calleri too. I don't speak much with the management," summarized the Tricolor.

Picking up the pieces from another defeat, São Paulo now has a home game to seek rehabilitation. They face São Bernardo at 9:45 PM (Brasília time) on Thursday (15), in a Morumbi likely filled with an atmosphere of demands on the management on the eve of the impeachment vote in the Deliberative Council, a day later.

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