São Paulo need a 32-year first to reach Copa do Brasil semi-finals | OneFootball

São Paulo lost to LDU 2-0 in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals, this Thursday (18), and now will have to overturn a two-goal deficit to at least take the match to penalties next week, at Morumbi.

To qualify for the semifinals, however, Tricolor will need, above all, to overcome. And break a self-imposed taboo.

The last time São Paulo managed to qualify for the next phase of the Libertadores after losing the first leg by at least two goals difference was in 1993.

At the time, the Morumbi club lost the first leg of the round of 16 by the same 2-0 to Newell’s Old Boys, from Argentina, away from home. The opponent had been precisely the rival in the Libertadores final of the previous year, when Tricolor lifted the title after a penalty shootout.

But they managed to overturn the score in the return, at home, winning 4-0 and continuing on the path to secure the bi of the continental competition.

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