São Paulo lose to bottom side Chapecoense, deepen Brasileirão agony | OneFootball

The hole seems to be getting deeper and deeper for São Paulo.

On Sunday night (23), Dorival Júnior’s team traveled to face Chapecoense in the interior of Santa Catarina. And against the bottom side in the Brazilian Championship, which had managed to win only one match in the competition up to that point, they pulled off the feat of leaving the field defeated 1-0.

With the result, the Morumbi club is making its situation in the Brasileirão increasingly complicated, having now reached ten straight matches without a win, the second-worst streak in its entire history in the competition since the round-robin format was adopted in 2003.

São Paulo’s nightmare began to take shape in the 25th minute of the first half. From a corner taken by Giovanni Augusto, Bruno Pacheco rose above the Tricolor defense and powered a header home to score the game’s only goal.

It was a lifeless São Paulo. Even before the goal, they watched Chapecoense pile up chances, their defense was completely disorganized, and they wasted the spaces left by the home side because of their constant attacking intent.

After the goal, things got worse. Feeling the impact of conceding (once again from a set piece), the team faded and saw its situation worsen even further when Calleri left the field injured.

In the second half, the picture was bleak. It was a Tricolor side with plenty of possession and passing, but no real purpose, spending most of the time poking around in front of the Santa Catarina side’s defensive wall. The only encouraging moment was a shot by Luciano that hit the post.

It will now be four months without knowing what victory feels like in the Brasileirão, with clear consequences in the standings. The team remains on 27 points and, incredibly, is still stuck in 13th place, since all of its direct rivals in the lower part of the table also lost.

The gap, however, has narrowed. And now there are only three points separating them from the relegation zone. Desperate.

The team will now return to action only next Sunday (29) at 8 p.m. (Brasília time), against Bragantino, at Morumbi.

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