Only giants! Short September for São Paulo: Palmeiras and Boca Juniors | OneFootball

The month has turned, September has arrived, and São Paulo still has not emerged from the crisis it has been going through throughout the season, though it has been managing better results.

The team is coming off victories in the last two competitions it is playing in: a 2-1 win over Bragantino in the Brasileirão last Saturday (8/29), and a 3-1 win over Bolívar that secured qualification for the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals. Both matches were at Morumbi, once again showing the strength of the fans in critical situations.

Now, Tricolor is looking to move definitively away from the relegation zone in the league, and it also has a clash of giants with Boca Juniors in pursuit of a place in the semifinal later this month, which will also feature the first break for the FIFA international window since the calendar resumed after the World Cup.

And São Paulo’s battles will be only against big clubs. The first is this Saturday (5), against Atlético-MG, once again with the support of the Tricolor fans at Morumbi, for the 26th round of the Brazilian Championship.

With little time to rest, on Tuesday, the 8th, Dorival Jr.’s squad will already be in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where it will play the first leg of the Sudamericana tie at La Bombonera.

Then, on the 12th, it will be time for the Choque-Rei derby between São Paulo and Palmeiras at their rival’s stadium, again for the Brasileirão. And on September 15, the Americas will come to a halt for the return leg between Tricolor and Boca at Morumbi.

To wrap up the far-from-friendly run, São Paulo will host Internacional in the 27th round of the Brasileirão on the 19th, in a matchup detailed by the CBF.

From September 21 to 29, the world football calendar will be reserved for the national teams’ reunion during the FIFA international window. It will be a momentary pause in matches for Tricolor and a chance to strengthen training at this stage of the season.

After two days off following the home victory, São Paulo’s squad returns to training at the Barra Funda training center on the morning of this Tuesday (1), beginning preparations for the match against Galo.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.