What a mess! São Paulo bus seized with cannabis before Sula clash | OneFootball

Over nearly 150 years of football in Brazil, the phrase "There are things that only happen to Botafogo" has turned into a kind of "intangible national heritage."

But São Paulo Futebol Clube’s current situation is moving quickly toward replacing Glorioso in the national folklore.

Quite simply, just hours before the first leg against Bolívar in the Conmebol Sudamericana 2026 round of 16, the bus that was supposed to be used by the Tricolor squad was seized with 86.5kg of marijuana on board!

The bus company that had been hired provided another vehicle for the São Paulo delegation, which was not even made aware of the police incident.

But folklore quickly catches on with the public.

And social media had fun with the episode.

Check it out below!

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