São Paulo x Once Caldas

The game started very well for São Paulo. Unfortunately, São Paulo did something I thought would not happen, he managed to lose to Once Caldas. São Paulo definately had a better team. São Paulo players definately had more quality than Once Caldas, but football is very complicated with unexpected surprises. São Paulo started ahead on the score with a gol scored by Rogério Ceni (now São Paulo's player with most gol's scored on Libertadores Cup. Note: he is our goalie!). The first half was completely dominated by São Paulo and I thought the second half would be the same, but I was wrong. São Paulo came back for the second half with no motivation or objectives. He "watched" Once Caldas play, and in two unfortunate moments, Once Caldas scored their gol's.
I think both gol's could've been prevented if São Paulo was more active in the game. I also think Xandão is not a very good player and he failed during the second gol. São Paulo still has chances to classify to the next phase of the competition, but with this loss really affected the team and there is now a lot of pressure to win.

São Paulo x Palmeiras

On February 21st, São Paulo played against Palmeiras. It was a sad game because Palmeiras had the best chances to score and played better. The game was 2x0, and São Paulo has now fallen behind. I believe part of the loss was because Xandão, São Paulo's defense player received the red card during the beginning of the second half. Robert was the one who scored the two gols.
With this loss, São Paulo is now placed on 6th and Palmeiras is on 8th place.

I believe São Paulo could have won the game. During the first half, the game was very equal, but after Xandão got expelled the team definately had no chance against Palmeiras. I think that even with this loss, São Paulo still has great chances to enter the G-4, which would take the team to the semi-finals of the Paulista Cup.

Cicinho is back!

Cicinho is back to São Paulo and will be a great reinforcement for the team. With the start of the Libertadores Cup and the Paulista Cup, I believe São Paulo has a great team and is capable of winning both championships. Not only Cicinho, but Alex Silva, Marcelinho Paraíba, Xandão, and few other players has also joined the team.
With the loss of the Brazilian Cup last year, I believe São Paulo has the responsibility to win atleast one competition in the year of 2010. Last year was a very bad year, where São Paulo did not win anything and loss the Brazilian Cup even though he had great chances to win.

I think São Paulo will win the Libertadores Cup, which is a very important championship (São Paulo has won 3 times) and this year will be far better than the last.