São Paulo lose to Cruzeiro, unbeaten run ends in Brasileirão | OneFootball

Ferreirinha fights for the ball with a rival player this Saturday (Rubens Chiri/SPFC)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

Hernán Crespo’s unbeaten streak as São Paulo’s manager has come to an end. After eight games, the tricolor team actually played well and dominated most of the match against Cruzeiro, but conceded a goal from a free kick and left Mineirão on Saturday night (30th) with a 1-0 defeat in the Brazilian Championship.

The decisive goal came in the 18th minute of the second half, with Matheus Pereira taking the free kick from the right, the ball deflecting off the wall and leaving goalkeeper Rafael helpless in the play.

It was a tough blow for the São Paulo side, who until then had been dominating all the actions of the game, but failed in the most important aspect: turning their dominance into at least clear chances.

After conceding the goal, things got worse. In a moment of coming to terms with the result, Tricolor even lost their tactical organization and Rafael had to step up to save excellent opportunities from the home team.

In the end, the Morumbi club put up a fight for the result and took some risks up front, but then it was Cássio’s turn to step up and save Cruzeiro’s day in chances created by the tricolores.

With the defeat, São Paulo remains stuck at 32 points and is momentarily in seventh place, outside the Libertadores qualification zone only due to tiebreaker criteria.

Now São Paulo will take advantage of the break in the calendar for the FIFA Date to rest tired players, recover the injured, and return to the field only on September 14 (Sunday), when they face Botafogo at Morumbi, also for the Brasileirão. The focus, however, will be on the start of the Libertadores quarterfinal series, against LDU.

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