São Paulo x Santo André

On September 20, São Paulo played against Santo André. São Paulo clearly had control over the game and scored in the beginning of the first halftime. After that, São Paulo started to administrate the game and clearly his goal was to win the game by 1x0 since he started to play more defensively. As a consequence for trying to maintain the score and not finish the game by scoring more goals, Santo André scored when the game was aproximately on 25 minutes of the second halftime. The game ended 1x1, a very bad result for São Paulo. He had chance to be leader of the Brazilian Cup, but the wasted his opportunity. I think São Paulo should have been offensive until the end of the game. He could have won the game easily, but he underestimated Santo André and had to pay for that.

On Wednesday, Palmeiras won the game against Cruzeiro by 2x1. São Paulo is now 3 points behind Palmeiras in the cup. São Paulo's next game is against Corinthians on September 27. It will be a difficult game. São Paulo has not won against Corinthians for quite a long time. I think São Paulo has big chances to win because it has all its main players including Hernanes (was out because of knee injury). It will be an interesting game to watch. São Paulo will win for sure as long as he plays offensively the whole game. Even though there are not many games until the cup ends, I think São Paulo still has big chances to win it for the 4th consecutive time.

SÃO PAULO!!!

Hernanes is back!

The great player Hernanes is back after having an injury in his knee. He will be a great reinforcement against Corinthians on September 27, 2009. After the operation he did not feel any pain and even joked around that he was not operated. He said he could even play against Santo André on September 20, but the doctors decided not to let him. Hernanes said he will be 100% physically until the game. He has started training after the operation. He trained his kicks to the goal and said (laughing) he is ready to score a goal from a long distance kick.

To play against Corinthians, Ricard Gomes (São Paulo's coach) decided that the main defense players will not play against Santo André. He fears they will receive a 3rd yellow card or a red card, making them banished against Corinthians. I think he did the right thing to preserve Miranda and Renato Silva. If they received a yellow card (which would be their 3rd) they wouldn't be able to play against Corinthians and either Richarlyson or Zé Luis would have to adapt as a defense player.

I expect this game to be a very good game with lots of chances to score. I hope this game will be better than São Paulo x Palmeiras which really disappointed me. I am very confident in São Paulo and I am sure the team will beat Santo André and Corinthians! I think the game will end 2x0 São Paulo. Winning a game against Corinthians is always better!

São Paulo x Cruzeiro

On september 6, 2009, São Paulo played Cruzeiro for the Brazilian cup. Cruzeiro was playing better than São Paulo and scored first in the end of the first half. During the second half of the game, Cruzeiro was still better than São Paulo until 25 minutes of the second half. São Paulo made two substitutions which decided the game. Marlos and Borges were these substitutions. One minute after the substitutions were made, Marlos scored the goal. After that São Paulo started playing better, and finally Borges scored. The game was 2x1. It was a great game. Even though São Paulo didn't play very well, he was still capable to win because he was efficient. São Paulo did not lose his opportunity to score and that was what defined the result of the game.

São Paulo Titles

São Paulo is a victorious team with many titles. São Paulo's main titles are 3 Libertadores Cups, 3 Intercontinental Cups, 6 Brazilian Cups, and 21 Campeonato Paulistas. I think São Paulo was always a great team. The team is constantly winning many cups. São Paulo's idol is Rogério Ceni, a great goalie who played almost 900 matches for the team. São Paulo has won the last 3 Brazilian Cups, and I am hoping the team wins the cup of 2009!