Tolói says São Paulo matched Palmeiras, will grow v Boca | OneFootball

With a completely reserve side already focused on the showdown with Boca Juniors in the Copa Sudamericana, São Paulo fell 2-0 to Palmeiras on Saturday night (12) in the 27th round of the Brasileirão.

Tricolor had actually been putting in a good performance, matching the home side. That lasted until the 37th minute of the first half, when center back Osório committed a clear foul and was rightly sent off by the refereeing team.

Starting at Palmeiras’ stadium, Rafael Tolói worked hard in defense and was asked after the match whether the defeat affects anything with the Boca decider already in mind.

“I don’t think it affects us because of the team’s attitude. It was the first match we played together, and if we played, it’s because we’ve shown day by day in training that everyone can play, Dorival trusts the squad. I think we were having a good game, unfortunately we lost a player, that happens,” the defender told Premiere.

“After that it became more difficult, even so we tried, we created a headed chance, we conceded the goal at the end of the first half that maybe we could have avoided, but now we have to keep our heads up and think about Tuesday’s decider,” the veteran added.

If Tricolor had been riding momentum with two straight wins in the Brasileirão, they have now suffered back-to-back defeats, to the Argentinians in the Sudamericana and now in the Choque-Rei in the national league. Even so, Tolói is confident for São Paulo’s next match at Morumbi.

“I think we’ve been improving and putting in good performances. We came from two wins in the league, two important wins, two difficult matches. We played a good game in Argentina, and today we also went toe to toe. And now it’s the decider, São Paulo is massive. In decisive matches it grows even more, so we’ll be ready to go after qualification,” praised the Tricolor defender.

The club’s full attention now turns to Morumbi, where at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) on Tuesday (15), Tricolor will need to bounce back against Boca Juniors in the decisive Copa Sudamericana quarterfinal clash after losing the first leg in Argentina 1-0. In the Brasileirão, the next match is at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday (19), against Internacional, also at home.

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