São Paulo shine early, Palmeiras snatch late draw in U20 clash | OneFootball

With a classic semifinal of the Paulistão approaching, São Paulo’s under-20 team also faced Palmeiras at Arena Barueri on Monday night (23rd). They got off to a great start, but slipped up in the final minutes to concede a 3-3 draw in a match valid for the 2nd round of the youth Brasileirão.

The Cotia team scored with Tetê, Matheus Menezes, and Osório, but ended up frustrated after leading by two goals on two separate occasions.

With the draw, Tricolor reached 4 points and missed the chance to take the lead in the national competition.

In the first half, Palmeiras started better and posed more danger, creating some dangerous chances against São Paulo’s goal. However, it was Tricolor who struck first.

The skillful number 10, Pedro Ferreira, found Tetê in the box, who beautifully dribbled past the Palmeiras defender and chipped the goalkeeper to open the scoring for Tricolor in the 42nd minute. In a ‘Luciano-style’ celebration, he kicked the rival’s corner flag and was shown a yellow card right after. Watch below at the end of the article.

Then, in the second half, just 6 minutes in, São Paulo won the ball in attack and Pedro Ferreira once again delivered a perfect pass, this time to Matheus Menezes. The striker also chipped the goalkeeper to make it 2-0 for São Paulo.

CRAZY END TO THE GAME

At 28’, after a corner kick, Palmeiras pulled one back with Antônio Marcos. Tricolor didn’t let up and kept attacking, eventually earning a penalty in the final minutes.

Defender Osório converted with style to make it 3-1, a score that seemed secure. But at 45 minutes, Palmeiras put together a beautiful attacking move and reduced the deficit with Heittor.

And at 48’, after a strange aerial play, São Paulo’s goalkeeper João Pedro made two poor attempts to clear, and the home team managed a third goal through Erick Belé, sealing the lively classic at 3-3.

After the slip-up, Tricolor will look to bounce back in the Under-20 Brasileirão on Sunday (3/1), against leaders Vasco, at 3pm (Brasília time), at Nivaldo Pereira Stadium in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro.

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