Luciano on São Paulo win: Needed victory to smile again | OneFootball

A decisive player in São Paulo’s victory over São Bernardo, Luciano acknowledged that the team lifted a weight off their shoulders after a complicated start to the season. Amid recent scandals, Tricolor debuted with a 3-0 defeat but got back to winning ways this Thursday, with a goal from the number 10, who celebrated the achievement.

“The victory is extremely important. The atmosphere isn’t great, but that’s outside the team. Inside the group, we knew we needed to win to smile a little again in such a turbulent start to the season, on a tough, waterlogged pitch. The coach is making changes because he has to, we trained for seven days. But it was important, their team is well-coached. I’m happy for the three points and the goal,” Luciano told TNT.

Luciano came on around the 20th minute of the second half and, at the 34th minute, fired a shot into the top corner to give São Paulo the win. The striker immediately ran to the bench, pointing to and hugging coach Hernán Crespo. He then explained the celebration and made an outburst.

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“The other day I saw on social media people saying Luciano wanted to get the coach fired. That’s a damn dirty trick against me. Every year, they try to do this to turn the fans who like me against me. That was a warning. I’m not the owner of the team, I have a contract until the end of the year, I want to fulfill it. Only God knows what will happen, but this win was for the coach, my teammates, and my family,” the player concluded.

With this positive result, São Paulo lifted a huge weight off their shoulders after the tough loss in their opener and claimed their first win in the Campeonato Paulista. Tricolor jumped to tenth place in the table and earned their first three points in the State Championship.

Now, São Paulo faces a classic and visits Corinthians. The match kicks off this Sunday at 4pm (Brasília time), at the Neo Química Arena.

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