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São Paulo showed once again, last Wednesday, all its fragility to face adverse situations in matches that require certain experience, concentration and even the “tricks” of football.
Against Lanús, from Argentina, for the first leg of the second phase of the South American Cup, the team led by Fernando Diniz suffered almost the entire match against a team that had not played an official match in 226 days – the last match had been on March 16, in the loss to Argentino Juniors.
The result was a 3-2 defeat with another goal in extra time, practically a repetition of the second goal conceded to Fortaleza, in the knockout stages of the Copa do Brasil, and which took the game to penalties: ball lifted in the area and goal. opponent’s head.
The two goals conceded at the end of the same week opened up the team’s lack of experience and concentration in certain situations.
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Sand Lanús x São Paulo – Photo: Staff Images / CONMEBOL
With the game 2-2, São Paulo had to keep the ball as far as possible from its defense field and, why not, extend the result. What happened was the opposite. The ball did not leave the feet of the Lanús and when the Tricolor had the opportunity to “kill” the game was not taken advantage of.
The foul committed in the 45th minute of the second half, then, should redouble the attention of the players who were inside the area. But again what we saw was a team that was transferred and left Quignón to go up only to score the third goal.
The situation is even more delicate after Fernando Diniz said at a press conference that set pieces were being practiced incessantly, both for the match against Fortaleza and for the match against Lanús.
Fernando Diniz speaks at a press conference after São Paulo’s defeat against Lanús
A club like São Paulo, which says that it is possible to fight on the three fronts in which it is currently competing (Copa do Brasil, Brazilian Championship and South American Cup), cannot give in to the hesitations it has been making, especially in the eighth final.
To clarify: São Paulo played four knockout matches this year (one for Paulistão, one for South America and two for the Copa do Brasil) and did not win any of them. Much for the lack of experience, concentration and the “tricks” of football.
These three factors can be costly for a team full of fluctuations in the season and that has not yet found a regularity that can give hope to its fans.
Drowned in the defense field
The suffocation that São Paulo received in its defense field deserves a separate item. That is because the team suffered a lot from the pressure imposed by Lanús in the opponent’s ball exit.
Surely, the coach Luis Zubeldia studied the style of Fernando Diniz and told his team to push so as not to let the Tricolor breathe or impose their touch game and offensive transition. It worked.
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Daniel Alves São Paulo Lanús – Photo: Staff Images / CONMEBOL
Tricolor did not stop trying to play from the defensive field and found himself cornered. The result was many passing errors and the Argentine team created one opportunity after another.
The Argentine team was able to take advantage of this instability of the Brazilian team and was more incisive in most of the game. Still, Brenner and Daniel Alves hit the post in Lanús.
In the end, it seemed that São Paulo had not played an official match for seven months, and Lanús had not.
