On historic first-goal night, Artur reveals Roger's half-time tweak | OneFootball

One of the highlights of São Paulo’s 2-0 victory over O’Higgins on Tuesday night (14) at Morumbi, forward Artur scored his first goal wearing the Tricolor shirt in the match valid for the second round of the Copa Sudamericana.

The winger was a personal request from Roger Machado, the coach who has already worked with Artur on other occasions. And the new signing is grateful for the warm welcome he has received at São Paulo.

“I’m very happy. I always say that I feel at home here. Roger and the entire staff gave me complete confidence. I think this night will be marked in my story because of my first goal wearing the São Paulo shirt,” the forward celebrated in the corridors of Morumbi.

Tricolor had a weak first half after a good start and the goal, but came back from the break with a different attitude. Number 37 revealed coach Roger’s instructions that led the team to improve against the Chileans in the second half.

“We got together at halftime and Roger said we needed to play closer together and be more compact. That’s what we did. We were also up against a very good team, with a lot of quality, that didn’t come here to sit back, they came to play. So today we beat a great team,” Artur explained.

Responsible for the assists on both São Paulo goals, forward Calleri also celebrated Tricolor’s run of positive results in the South American competition.

“Very happy with the win. We can still improve a lot, but we’re on the right path. We have two wins in two games, we’re top of the group, and we want to keep the run going in the next matches. I’m happy. Now it’s time to rest because on Saturday we have an important match in the Brasileirão,” said the striker.

Now alone at the top of Group C and still unbeaten, São Paulo return to action in the Sudamericana on the 28th (Tuesday) against Millionarios in Colombia at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time). Before that, however, the team continues its Brazilian Championship campaign and will travel to São Januário to face Vasco at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Saturday (18).

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