São Paulo concede late equaliser, quarter-final spot on the line | OneFootball

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São Paulo took to the field on Friday afternoon for the Paulistão Sub-20, reinforced by four young players who are already training with the professionals at Barra Funda under the guidance of Hernán Crespo. Nonetheless, the Made in Cotia team ended up in a draw at the end, finishing 2-2 with Mauá away from home, at Pedro Benedetti Stadium, in the first match of the round of 16.

The Tricolor team included goalkeeper João Pedro, left back Nicolas Bosshardt and forwards Lucca and Henrique Carmo in the match, but the goals were scored by Pedro Ferreira and Guilherme Reis.

EARLY SCARE

Just 3 minutes in, the Tricolor team had a scare with an opponent's goal after a corner kick, but it was ruled offside by the referee. Better yet, São Paulo had several opportunities, dominated, but at the 29th minute, Mauá scored the first goal from a penalty kick by number 10 Aleffer, outwitting goalkeeper João Pedro.

The Tricolor team kept pressing, creating good chances, until they managed to equalize at the 35th minute, with a header from Pedro Ferreira. With a deflected cross from the left, the number 10 from Cotia headed it firmly, leaving no chance for the goalkeeper, making it 1-1 still in the first half in Mauá.

After the break, again with a header, or rather, a diving header, São Paulo managed to score again, but once again it was ruled offside. Moments later, the ball fell to Guilherme Reis in the penalty area, who struck it hard to give Tricolor the lead.

But, at the 34th minute of the final stage, the home team was pressing and took advantage of a major blunder by the Tricolor defense to equalize once again, with Pedro Natan.

The return match, which will decide who advances to the quarterfinals of the State Championship, will take place next Friday (12), at 3pm (Brasília time), at CFA Laudo Natel, in Cotia. Tricolor needs a simple victory to move on to the next stage. In case of another draw, the match will be decided by penalties.

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