Duda Calazans rues São Paulo’s Copinha exit: “It all turned on one moment” | OneFootball

São Paulo was eliminated from the Women’s Copinha after losing to Grêmio 1-0 this Friday, in the quarterfinals of the competition, at Canindé Stadium. After the final whistle, forward Duda Calazans lamented Tricolor’s elimination and highlighted the team’s drop in performance in the second half, despite a strong showing in the first half.

“I don’t know what happened. We slipped up a little in the second half, I don’t know if we came in unfocused or something like that. I think the desire was there, the will to win. It was a game decided in a single play. I’m happy with the team, with everything we’ve done so far. But that’s it, now it’s time to go home and, God willing, come back a little better,” she said.

Even after having the best campaign in the group stage, São Paulo was unable to confirm its favoritism and ended up eliminated already in the first knockout round. Thus, the club’s best performance in the Women’s Copinha remains the inaugural edition in 2023, when they reached the semifinals and lost to Flamengo, who would go on to become champions.

Grêmio, meanwhile, now waits for the outcome of the other quarterfinal matches, which will be played this Saturday, to find out their opponent in the semifinals. The matchups are: Flamengo (2nd) vs Ferroviária (7th), Santos (4th) vs Ferroviária (5th), and Internacional (3rd) vs Corinthians (6th). As the eighth seed, the Gaúcho Tricolor will face the highest-ranked team among the qualifiers in the next round, as stipulated by the regulations.

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