São Paulo seek payback vs Abel Braga and Inter after 2021 thrashing | OneFootball

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

The one who 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 big names of the club.

And the last encounter of Tricolor with Abelão was not pleasant at all. The duel in January 2021, still valid for the 2020 Brasileirão, pitted the championship leaders against each other, with São Paulo under Fernando Diniz in 1st place.

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

In the rout led by Abel Braga, 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 ruined Tricolor's plans in another situation. In the grand final of the 2006 Libertadores, he was the coach who defeated São Paulo in the southern club's conquest of the South American title.

There are plenty of reasons for Tricolor to seek a 'revenge' against the nemesis coach. Besides that, Hernán Crespo's team is still trying to finish in 8th place in this Brasileirão, dreaming of the possibility of securing another spot for the next Libertadores, depending on the winner of the Copa do Brasil.

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