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The Brazilian Championship has been the safe haven of São Paulo in 2020. If in the qualifying rounds the club has still not convinced and has suffered tough eliminations (Copa Sudamericana and Paulistão), at different points the story is different.
In fifth place in Brasileirão, with 30 points earned, the team led by Fernando Diniz has the best advantage of the competition (62.5%). In the first round, Tricolor did not play three games that were postponed (Goiás, Ceará and Botafogo) and they still have no fixed dates.
This Saturday, against Goiás, at 7:00 p.m. (Brasilia), for the 20th round, in Morumbi, São Paulo has the opportunity to demonstrate the good campaign carried out at Brasileirão. For that, you will have to maintain the regularity presented so far. Something that didn’t happen to the murderers.
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Brenner celebrates São Paulo’s goal against Flamengo – Photo: André Durão
Defense, for example, is where there is the largest abyss. In just five knockout games in the year, Tricolor conceded 14 goals, an average of 2.8 goals per game. The number is the same presented in the Brasileirão after 16 games played. The average in this case is 0.8 goals per game.
Another point is related to the results obtained. When São Paulo had to play a playoff game, the performance was poor. In the five games, there were two draws, two losses and only one win – a 33.3% return.
In the points scored there are 16 games, with eight wins, six draws and only two losses (the same amount shown in five knockout games).
– I don’t change my way of playing in straight points and playoffs. I think it is (important) to establish a way of playing. I think a lot of changes weaken the team. No adaptations. Adaptations, we have to do, but we try to improve and deepen the way the team plays – said Fernando Diniz in an interview in “Bem, Amigos!”.
Fernando Diniz training in São Paulo – Photo: Rubens Chiri / saopaulofc.net
What has not yet changed from one game dispute to another is the fluctuation within the matches. Both in the points scored and in the playoffs, São Paulo has not managed to maintain a regularity between games.
Usually after playing a good game for Brasileirão, for example, the team led by Diniz doesn’t achieve the same performance in the next round. The question is an almost mandatory topic for the coach in group interviews.
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To avoid fluctuations, the coach has kept the team’s base and has no intention of making changes in this Saturday’s game against Goiás, the only change will be mandatory, since Daniel Alves is sanctioned for a third yellow card.
Thus, the probable São Paulo has: Tiago Volpi, Igor Vinicius, Diego Costa, Bruno Alves and Léo; Luan, Tchê Tchê, Gabriel Sara and Igor Gomes; Luciano and Brenner.
