With a goal from a penalty in the final minutes, São Paulo defeated Santos 2-1 on Monday night (2) at Morumbi Stadium, in a match that closed the 4th round of the Brazilian Championship.
first classic in @Brasileirao ✔️
Let’s go together once again for the next challenge!#VamosSãoPaulo ?? pic.twitter.com/7hrY9mCeCZ
— Sao Paulo FC (@SaoPauloFC) May 3, 2022
The victory took Tricolor to 5th position, with seven points. Peixe missed the opportunity to assume the isolated leadership of the competition after the setback. The team also got seven points, but in 6th position.
São Paulo opened the scoring in the ninth minute of the first half, when Patrick received on the left and crossed to the middle of the area, where Calleri went up and headed with perfection to overcome goalkeeper João Paulo. Just before the break, Peixe left everything the same, when Léo Baptistão crossed low for Marcos Leonardo to arrive with a cart to put it in the back of the goal.
However, the final score was set only in the last minutes of the final stage, in a move that caused a lot of complaints. In the 34th minute, the referee signaled a penalty, with the help of VAR (video referee), after the ball deflected into Rodrigo Fernandez’s hand inside the area. Amid a lot of complaints from Santos, striker Luciano took the penalty perfectly to close the score at 2 to 1.
Run to do it: ?⚽️?#VamosSãoPaulo ?? pic.twitter.com/XNWpBaDMWk
— Sao Paulo FC (@SaoPauloFC) May 3, 2022
São Paulo and Santos return to the field for the Brasileiro next Sunday (8), when Peixe receives Cuiabá in Vila Belmiro and Tricolor visits Fortaleza in Castelão.
