Decisive in São Paulo, Luciano makes a new match with Fernando Diniz and surpasses the best goalscoring average | Saint Paul

With the two goals scored in the 3-0 victory over Flamengo, this Wednesday, in the semifinals of the Brazilian Cup, Luciano reached 11 goals in 21 games for São Paulo.

The average of 0.52 goals per game for the São Paulo club is higher than that of Flu’s own forward in 2019, when he scored 15 goals in 31 games (average of 0.48 goals per performance).

– I don’t even consider Luciano a contract, because it was an exchange. Everton left (to Grêmio) and Luciano arrived. I think hiring is when you get someone out of nowhere and spend money, you put one more in the cast. It was an exchange. Luciano is a player with great potential, which in my opinion was an underrated player, from what I saw in Fluminense – said Fernando Diniz.

– The first contacts I had with Luciano were some conversations about the little space that Brazilian football has due to the size of its potential. In Fluminense he was able to reciprocate, and today, in São Paulo, in a very intense way, he is gaining the space he deserves for the professional that he is, for the charisma he has and the way he dedicates himself and works. Luciano hardly relies on the medical department. Since the time of the Fluminense. He stayed here for a day or two because of a beating he received against Palmeiras. But he is a player who works hard and deserves that moment – added the coach.

Compare Luciano’s numbers for São Paulo and Fluminense:

• São Paulo in 2020: 11 goals in 21 games – 0.52 average per game
• Fluminense in 2019 (until then the highest scoring season of his career): 15 goals in 31 games – 0.48 average per game

This year, Luciano is tied in goals with Pablo (11 each, but Pablo made 36 games) and is only behind Brenner (top scorer with 17 goals) in São Paulo.

Hired in exchange for Grêmio by Everton, the forward quickly fitted into the team and only failed to start twice for specific reasons:

• In his debut, against Bahia (on August 20), he had just arrived and started on the bench, but entered and scored a 1-1 draw
• on the other, last Saturday, Fernando Diniz forgave him against Fortaleza, for Brasileirão, but he entered the second half and scored two goals in a 3-2 victory.

See below all of Luciano’s goals for São Paulo: