Calleri celebrates goal on São Paulo return, feels like a player again | OneFootball

São Paulo was losing the classic against Santos on Wednesday night (4th) at Vila Belmiro, until Lucas, who had just come on, did the right thing and passed to Calleri. You already know what happens next—goal! The striker found the net once again—he had already scored twice against Portuguesa in this Paulistão—to secure the away draw.

Returning from a major surgery that kept him out for almost all of last year, he is still trying to regain his best game rhythm, as he himself admitted after the San-São draw.

“Happy to score again, after so much time away from the pitch, I still have to improve physically, I still don’t feel 100%, but today we gave it our all and managed to get a point here, on such a tough field that will be very useful throughout the Brasileiro,” said the number 9 for Tricolor to Premiere still on the field.

São Paulo didn’t play a great game and couldn’t find solutions to break through Santos’ defense, especially in the first half. They weren’t in danger, until they conceded the goal.

“We played a good first half. I think we were well organized, but in a play where they had a lot of possession and we didn’t press as we should have on Frías’ shot, Zé Rafael got the rebound, and we went into halftime frustrated. After that, we started playing ten, twenty meters higher up the pitch, managed to equalize, but not to win,” analyzed Calleri.

While Calleri returned to the starting lineup, some other names like Lucas, Luciano, and Marcos Antônio started on the bench. Crespo has been rotating the squad a bit, but without losing the team’s structure.

“We had played three games with almost the same players. Of course, at some point you start to feel tired, after winning two matches in a row against Flamengo and Santos. But I think we managed to gel well.”

“With the introduction of Luciano and Lucas, who are very skilled players, I think the game shifted in our favor and we almost managed to get the win. But I’m happy, happy to score again, to play again, but also very happy to feel like a player again,” concluded the Tricolor striker.

With the draw, the Morumbi club reaches four points in the main national competition, where they return to the field at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) next Wednesday (11th) to face Grêmio at home. Before that, also in front of their fans, they can secure their qualification for the Paulistão knockout stage against Primavera, at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time), on Saturday (7th).

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