Grêmio and Corinthians advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior on Sunday night (19) and joined the already classified São Paulo and Criciúma. Tricolor from Rio Grande do Sul, which is trying for the unprecedented Copinha title, secured its place after beating Palmeiras 3-2. Timão, current champion, got the better of Vasco 1-0. The first game of the semi will be Criciúma x São Paulo, at 7:30 pm (Brasília time) on Tuesday (21). The other, Grêmio x Corinthians, will be at 5pm on Wednesday (22). The matches have live broadcast on the São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) channel on YouTube.
NEXT STOP: SEMIFINAL! 🇪🇪🏆 A #BaseGremista #Under20 He fought until the end and secured the classification with great spirit! The goals from Pedro Gabriel, Gabriel Mec and Luis Eduardo were the result of a true battle on the field, showing that Tricolor never gives up. LET’S GO!
— Grêmio FBPA (@Gremio) January 20, 2025
In the quarter-finals on Sunday (19), Palmeiras took the lead with a header from Erick Belé: it was his fifth in the tournament. Ten minutes later, Grêmio equalized with Pedro Gabriel, who hit a beautiful shot from outside the area. In the final minutes, after a counterattack, Gabriel Mec sent the ball into the back of the net and turned the score around for the Gauchos: 2 to 1. In the second half, with less than a minute of play, Riquelme Filipi equalized for Verdão. The winning goal and Grêmio’s classification came in the 39th minute: after a rebound inside the area, Luís Eduardo took advantage of the surplus and hit the ball hard into the back of the goal.
Speak, Gui! 🗣️
With you, the ace of the game! 😝#CorinthiansNaBase#VaiCorinthians pic.twitter.com/C1u066N3Wo
— Corinthians (@Corinthians) January 20, 2025
In the other match, the name of the game was Gui Negão, who scored for Corinthians six minutes into the first half against Vasco, the only goal of the match, which sealed Timão’s classification.
On Saturday (18), São Paulo qualified after beating Cruzeiro 3-1. In the second game of the night, Criciúma defeated Ferroviária 1-0, and also secured a place in the quarterfinals.
The 55th edition of Copinha brought together 128 clubs in the first phase (groups). The title decision is scheduled for January 25th, a holiday in the capital of São Paulo. The final will take place at Pacaembu.
