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São Paulo beat Fluminense 2-1, today (26), in Maracanã, for the 27th day of the Brazilian Championship, and maintains the leadership in the Brazilian Championship. The Tricolor now have 56 points, seven ahead of Atlético-MG, second-place, with 49. Brenner, the team’s top scorer in 2020, decided the match by scoring the two goals for the São Paulo tricolor. Fred charged for Flu.
After beating Fluminense, São Paulo now focuses on the Brazil Cup. Next Wednesday (30), the team of Daniel Alves and company will play the second leg of the semifinal, against Grêmio, in Morumbi. The Paulines need to reverse the advantage of the gauchos, who won the first match, 1-0, in Porto Alegre.
Fluminese will only return to the court on January 6, when he plays the classic against Flamengo, for the Brazilian.
Who got it right: Brenner scores twice
Brenner scored both São Paulo goals in the game. The striker kept his “goal smell” in 2020. He reached his 11th goal for the Brazilian and his 22nd of the season.
Who was wrong: Wellington Silva makes a fatal mistake
Wellington Silva made a fatal mistake trying to “change course” and lose the ball. The play resulted in Brenner’s goal. Also, the forward was of little use in the offensive sector.
Reinaldo is the “king of assistance”
Winger Reinaldo added goal assists in São Paulo in 2020 with the perfect center for the goal of Brenner. In addition, the player was dangerous throughout the game, supporting the attack and making plays.
Game timeline
São Paulo dominated Fluminense in the first half, exchanging quick passes and speed. In addition, the exchange of positions of the athletes involved the Rio team. The Pauline relationship did not take long to become a goal. In the 14th minute, after Wellington Silva’s mistake with the ball and Diniz’s team’s triangulation, Reinaldo crossed for Brenner to open the car’s marker, at the goalkeeper’s far post. After the goal, São Paulo maintained its dominance with the exchange of fast passes and dangerous counterattacks. Fluminense practically did not scare the São Paulo team in the first half.
In the second half, São Paulo kept up the pressure even earlier than expected. It seemed that São Paulo would continue with the ease of playing from the first stage, but Sara missed a pass to the ball and “handed” it to Fred to tie it. With the tie, the Cariocas closed more and began to act in the transition. In addition, Diniz’s team felt a physical exhaustion in the second half, a fact that balanced the game. Even so, Brenner scored the second for São Paulo after a quick counterattack and defined the game.
Fred does not forgive
The experienced Fred scored a beautiful goal from outside the area with a strong shot from the angle of Foxes. The forward did not forgive after the failure of Gabriel Sara, who missed the ball and “handed” the veteran to tie. But the goal was not enough for Cariocas to score in the round.
DATA SHEET
FLUMINENSE 1 X 2 SÃO PAULO
Date and Time: 12/26/2020, at 9:00 p.m. in Brasilia)
Local: Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Fifa-RS)
Assistants: Rafael da Silva Alves (Fifa-RS) and Michael Stanislau (RS)
WHERE: Daniel Nobre (RS) bins
Goals: Brenner at age 14 in the 1st half and at 26 in the 2nd half (São Paulo); Fred in his 2nd time (Fluminense)
Yellow cards: Nino, Danilo Barcelos and Yuri (Fluminense); Luan (São Paulo)
FLUMINENSE: Marcos Felipe; Calegari, Nino, Matheus Ferraz and Danilo Barcelos; Yuri (Miguel), Yago Felipe and Michel Araújo (Felippe Cardoso); Wellington Silva (Caio Paulista), Marcos Paulo (Lucca) and Fred.
Coach: Marcão
SAINT PAUL: Tiago Volpi; Igor Vinícius, Arboleda, Bruno Alves and Reinaldo; Luan (Rodrigo Nestor), Daniel Alves, Gabriel Sara (Toró) and Igor Gomes (Vitor Bueno); Brenner (Hernanes) and Luciano (Pablo).
Coach: Fernando Diniz.
