São Paulo repeat Quito errors, déjà vu in Libertadores | OneFootball

Marcelo Baseggio

São Paulo is eliminated from the Copa Libertadores. This Thursday, the Tricolor could not overturn the first leg score against LDU in Quito and ended up being knocked out of the South American tournament in a packed Morumbi after committing the same mistakes made in Ecuador last week.

São Paulo started the first half with everything, pressing the opponent and creating clear goal chances, even with Rigoni improvised as a right wing-back, a choice by coach Hernán Crespo that delayed the team due to the player's lack of knack for the position.

Luciano, however, was not able to convert any of the good opportunities he had to open the score, similar to the first leg, where the number 10 also ended up as the villain for not being able to find the net with the numerous chances he had.

The fans, as usual, did their part, staging a beautiful celebration at Morumbi. Even with the inconvenient time to reach the stadium, at 7 PM (Brasília time), a true Tricolor crowd took over the surroundings of the stadium and did everything to inspire the athletes and technical staff before and during the match.

LDU, who had nothing to do with it, was as surgical as in the first game. Even being dominated for most of the duel, the Ecuadorian team kept calm to take advantage of the rare opportunities to attack São Paulo. It only took one for the visitors to find the net and make it even harder for the Tricolor to seek qualification.

In the second half, even changing the team's tactical formation, abandoning the three-defender scheme, São Paulo continued to show the same problems, with few vertical passes and an inability to break the opponent's lines, which were very well positioned on the field.

Not even the entry of Lucas Moura, still far from his ideal physical form, it's true, made São Paulo create something different on the field. It was definitely a night where everything, once again, went right for LDU and nothing went right for the Tricolor.

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