São Paulo lose to Cruzeiro, unbeaten run over in Brasileirão | OneFootball

Ferreirinha competes for the ball with a rival player this Saturday (Rubens Chiri/SPFC)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

Hernán Crespo's unbeaten streak as São Paulo's coach has ended. After eight games, the tricolor team performed well and dominated most of the match against Cruzeiro, but conceded a goal from a free-kick and left Mineirão on Saturday night (30th) with a 1-0 defeat in the Brazilian Championship.

The decisive goal happened at 18 minutes into the second half, with Matheus Pereira taking the free-kick from the right, the ball deflecting off the wall and leaving goalkeeper Rafael helpless in the play.

It was a tough blow for the São Paulo team, which until then had been dominating all the actions of the game but failed in the essential aspect of converting dominance into at least clear chances.

After conceding the goal, things got worse. In a moment of absorbing the result, the Tricolor even dismantled their tactical system, and Rafael appeared to save excellent opportunities for the hosts.

In the end, the Morumbi club put up a tough fight and took risks upfront, but then it was Cássio's turn to step up and save Cruzeiro in opportunities created by the tricolors.

With the defeat, São Paulo remains at 32 points and is momentarily in seventh place, just outside the Copa Libertadores qualifying zone due to tiebreaker criteria.

Now São Paulo takes advantage of the break in the calendar for the FIFA Date to rest the tired, recover the injured, and return to the field only on September 14th (Sunday), when they face Botafogo at Morumbi, also in the Brasileirão. The focus, however, will be on the start of the Libertadores quarter-final series against LDU.

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