São Paulo’s Copinha run inspired by legends, Cotia drives future | OneFootball

It was another performance that thrilled the tricolor fans and brought a lot of hope to São Paulo supporters. The 4-1 victory of São Paulo over Ibrachina on Thursday night (22) once again secured the team a spot in the Copinha final, in pursuit of their sixth championship.

Allan Barcellos, who renewed his contract with the club for another year, has the team under control and proves to be truly special. He loses key players every time the senior team calls, and even during the Copinha, he dealt with absences due to Crespo's requests for the professional team. Yet, the Tricolor maintains its style of play.

In the rout, the one who opened the scoring was the top scorer Paulinho, with a beautiful goal that many fans compared to Luis Fabiano on social media. Indeed, it reminded a lot of the Fabulous in his great moments.

The second goal was reminiscent of a corner kick from Danilo to Fabão rising high and scoring back in 2005. This time, number 10 Pedro Ferreira delivered a perfect header to Isac, who found the net.

For the third goal, defender Isac resembled Alex Silva, the two-time Brazilian champion for the Tricolor in 2006 and 07. The defender charged from the back, reached the penalty area, and took a long shot. The ball deflected off an opponent and landed for Gustavo Santana, who, like Aloisio Chulapa, battled with the defenders and scored another.

And perhaps the most beautiful and significant goal was saved for last. On the birthday of the greatest idol in history, Rogério Ceni, the excellent right-back Igor Felisberto executed a masterful free-kick, unstoppable, to seal São Paulo's 4-1 victory.

“We had been practicing during preparation. It was definitely a gift for Ceni. He is a historic goalkeeper, very famous for his goals,” said Felisberto about the stunning free-kick in an interview with Cazé TV. He was also named the best player of the semifinal.

In all areas, and even on the bench, São Paulo showed that they have players of great quality. Some of them will soon join the professional team to fully integrate with Crespo's group at the Barra Funda training center. Midfielder Pedro Ferreira, given the scarcity in his position at Tricolor, is expected to be one of them.

Even if the situation is still tense at the club, Cotia is always a certainty. A certainty of revealing great players who end up saving the Tricolor, either on the field or through lucrative sales. The young players drew inspiration from the past to build a great new future for São Paulo.

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