Marcos Antonio hails São Paulo start, rues lapses: “Heads up and work” | OneFootball

Marcos Antonio worked tirelessly and had an excellent first half, carrying the team, but he could not prevent São Paulo’s 2-1 comeback defeat to Athletico-PR on Wednesday night (22) at Cícero de Souza Marques Stadium in Bragança Paulista, in the return of the Brasileirão.

The Tricolor defensive midfielder played more as a left-sided midfielder in the first half, and that was where the team created its main chances. But after a total defensive collapse in the opening five minutes of the second half, the club from Paraná scored twice.

“It’s complicated because we worked very hard during this period, we had an excellent first half, but unfortunately in the second half we conceded two goals that ended up making things difficult,” said the No. 8 as he left the pitch to Globo channels.

“Now we have to keep going, keep our heads up, there’s nothing else to do but work. We’ll keep working and turn around all these moments we’re going through,” Marcos Antonio added.

With the adverse result at home, São Paulo dropped another place in the Brasileirão table, now in 9th place, with the same 25 points.

A horrific and traumatic night for Tricolor, sealing their first home defeat to Athletico in seven years…. Now, in an attempt to bounce back, an easy challenge awaits: Flamengo at the Maracanã, at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) next Sunday (26).

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