Tapia: São Paulo led at times, but Memphis’ goal rattled us | OneFootball

The Chilean forward Tapia, the only one who stood out somewhat in the humiliating 3-1 defeat of São Paulo to Corinthians, scored the team's consolation goal and had to try to find explanations for the team's poor performance in Itaquera, during the 34th round of the Brasileirão.

The foreign player came in strong and equalized the classic early in the second half with a beautiful header goal, but Tricolor ended up making defensive mistakes and conceded two more in the second half. For Tapia, Memphis's goal dampened São Paulo's spirits.

"Very difficult game. In the second half, we did well, scored the goal, had opportunities to turn the game around, and were better until we equalized. They weren't superior to us, in the second half we dominated, but individual quality made the difference, changed the game emotionally. We were superior in the second half and the second goal killed our team's spirits. I can't explain it. We came in cold," said the Chilean to the press right after the defeat.

Tapia started on the bench, as he returned quite exhausted from a friendly match for his national team during the FIFA Date in Russia, where he even scored his first goal for Chile. He only played the 2nd half of the Majestic and did well, with his usual determination.

Picking up the pieces of a melancholic end of the season, São Paulo returns to the field at 4 pm (Brasília time) on Sunday (23) to face Juventude, in their farewell to the year playing as hosts at Vila Belmiro, having to face the match as a true final if they want to keep dreaming of Libertadores.

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