São Paulo seek payback against Inter after 2021 Morumbi thrashing | OneFootball

São Paulo plays its penultimate match of the year against Internacional this Wednesday (3) at 8 PM (Brasília time) at Vila Belmiro in Santos. The team from Rio Grande do Sul, currently at the start of the relegation zone, has brought in a new coach following the dismissal of Ramón Díaz.

The one who has arrived to take over Inter and try to save the team from another relegation in the Brasileirão is the veteran Abel Braga, one of the great names of the club.

The last encounter of the Tricolor with Abelão was not pleasant at all. The duel in January 2021, still valid for the 2020 Brasileirão, put the championship leaders face to face, with Fernando Diniz's São Paulo in 1st place.

However, an embarrassing 5-1 at Morumbi allowed Internacional to take the lead from the Tricolor at that time, as well as shaking the team's structure in the final stretch of that Brasileirão.

In the thrashing by Abel Braga's team, Yuri Alberto, now a striker for Corinthians, scored three goals. Luciano scored the consolation goal for São Paulo.

And if we go back almost 20 years in history, Abel spoiled the Tricolor's plans in another situation. In the grand final of the 2006 Libertadores, he was the coach who led São Paulo to defeat in the southern team's conquest of the South American title.

These are more than enough reasons for the Tricolor to seek 'revenge' against the coach who has been a nemesis. Additionally, Hernán Crespo's team is still trying to finish in 8th place in this Brasileirão, hoping for the possibility of another spot opening up for the next Libertadores, depending on the winner of the Copa do Brasil.

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