São Paulo thrash Palmeiras’ nemesis, set up Copinha final with Cruzeiro | OneFootball

Current Copinha champion, São Paulo will seek back-to-back titles in the tournament. The tricolor team secured their spot in the final by thrashing Ibrachina 4-1 on Thursday night at Morumbis.

With five Copinha titles, São Paulo is fighting for their sixth championship. Meanwhile, Ibrachina, who eliminated Palmeiras in the quarterfinals, says goodbye to the competition.

Standings

With the victory, São Paulo secures qualification to face Cruzeiro in the final. The final will be played this Sunday at Pacaembu Stadium, at 11 a.m. (Brasília time).

📋 Match Summary

⚫🔴 SÃO PAULO 4 X 1 IBRACHINA 🔴⚪ 🏆 Competition: Copinha – semifinal 🏟️ Venue: Morumbis – São Paulo, SP 📅 Date: January 22, 2026 (Thursday) ⏰ Time: 9:30 p.m. 🟨 Yellow Cards: Mateus Romero (Ibrachina), Djhordney (São Paulo), Kauan Christhian (Ibrachina), Osorio (São Paulo) 🟥 Red Cards: GB (Ibrachina), Gabriel Cunha (Ibrachina)

Goals

Paulinho, 5’ 1st half (São Paulo) Isac, 21’ 1st half (São Paulo) Luiz Fernando, 28’ 1st half (Ibrachina) Gustavo Santana, 41’ 1st half (São Paulo) Igor Felisberto, 3’ 2nd half (São Paulo)

⚫🔴 São Paulo

João Pedro; Igor Felisberto (Lucyan), Isac and Osorio; Tetê, Djhordney, Pedro Ferreira (Kaio Santos) and Bezerra (Igão); Paulinho (Menezes), Gustavo Santana (Renan) and Felipe (Guilherme Reis). Coach: Allan Barcelos

🔴⚪ Ibrachina

Gabriel Sena; Gabriel Oliveira, Enzo (Vicente Cicotosti), Paulo Henrique, Kauan Christhian; Vitinho, Mateus Romero and Kayky (Brenno Augusto); Chila (Gabriel Cunha), Enrico (Kleiton) and Luiz Fernando. Coach: Renato Souza da Silva

Refereeing

Referee: Fabiano Monteiro dos Santos Assistants: Bruno Silva de Jesus and Robson Ferreira Oliveira Fourth official: Guilherme Francisco Maciel da Silva e Rosário VAR: Vinicius Furlan

How was the match?

First half

São Paulo opened the scoring just five minutes in. Djhordney found a beautiful lofted pass to Paulinho, who controlled it in the box and finished with a cross shot. At 21 minutes, from a corner kick, defender Isac beat goalkeeper Gabriel Sena in the air and headed the ball into the net.

Ibrachina pulled one back at 28 minutes of the first half, with Luiz Fernando scoring from the penalty spot. At 41, after a cross, Gustavo Santana finished to score São Paulo’s third.

Second half

Right in the first minute of the second half, GB was sent off after stopping Tetê’s advance by pulling his shirt. From the resulting free kick, near the edge of the box, Igor Felisberto struck over the wall and scored a beautiful goal for São Paulo.

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