São Paulo through at Copinha, win again amid Casares abuse | OneFootball

São Paulo had no major problems winning its second match in the Copinha, with a 2-0 victory over Independente-AP, on the afternoon of Wednesday (7), at the Walter Ribeiro stadium in Sorocaba. With this result, the Tricolor’s under-20 team has already secured early qualification for the next stage of the youth competition.

The boys from Cotia reached 6 points after two wins, guaranteeing at least 2nd place in group 19. Depending on the result of the other match in the group later today, they could also secure the top spot.

And once again, just like in the debut, the São Paulo fans turned out in large numbers in the stands to support the youngsters, but also to protest against Julio Casares and his controversial management. Around the interior stadium, there were many banners from Tricolor fans expressing their discontent. Click here and see!

On the field, Allan Barcellos’ squad completely dominated their rivals from Amapá and only didn’t achieve a historic rout thanks to goalkeeper Felipe Fortaleza, who made some huge saves for Independente.

Just 11 minutes in, midfielder Pedro Ferreira was fouled in the box, and top scorer Paulinho stepped up to take the penalty. The number 9 struck hard and low into the left corner, unstoppable, and opened the scoring for Tricolor. Watch below:

Shortly after, at the 28th minute of the first half, Lucyan’s low cross from the right went past everyone and found defender Isac unmarked at the far post, who simply tapped it into the net, increasing the score to 2-0.

In the second half, Tricolor kept up the pressure and created many chances. But the opposing goalkeeper was truly inspired and didn’t allow any more goals in the match.

Already qualified, São Paulo returns to the field in Sorocaba for the last round of the Copinha group stage on Saturday (10), at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), to face Real Soccer, a São Paulo team making its debut in the youth competition.

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