🎥 São Paulo cruise up table, Fluminense sink deeper into crisis | OneFootball

At MorumBIS, São Paulo defeated Fluminense 3-1 on Sunday (27th), in the 17th round of the Brasileirão 2025.

See the highlights below:

The match was a true domination by the Tricolor Paulista, clearly showing the difference between the teams this season.

After all, São Paulo was coming off two consecutive wins, while Fluminense had accumulated four consecutive losses (including the one against Chelsea in the Club World Cup semifinal).

With the ball in play, the São Paulo team didn't let the Tricolor das Laranjeiras breathe.

Thus, after a corner kick into the area, the Tricolor defense didn't clear, and Luciano ran hard to prevent the ball from going out over the goal line and crossed from the right to Arboleda's head, who rose higher than Guga to open the scoring.

This was the sixth goal involvement by São Paulo's number 10 in four games under Crespo's command.

Still in the first half, Bobadilla shot from inside the area, the ball deflected off Freytes' knee and hit Martinelli's hand. Luciano took the penalty, but Fábio made a great save.

The São Paulo dominance continued after the break. The home team even had a goal disallowed at the start of the second half due to a handball by Luciano after Bobadilla's shot.

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With a greater deficit on the scoreboard, coach Renato Gaúcho put some starters on the field (having made eight changes from the last game), and Fluminense improved.

In the final stretch, Samuel Xavier took the rebound first-time at the edge of the area, after São Paulo's defense partially cleared the cross, and scored for the Cariocas.

In injury time, Guga - completing a disastrous match - lost the ball in midfield to Ferraresi, who assisted Gonzalo Tapia to enter the area alone and score past Fábio, giving the final numbers to the scoreboard with his first goal for the Tricolor Paulista.

🚦 Standings

With the third consecutive win, São Paulo reached 22 points and took the eighth position in the table.

Meanwhile, Fluminense, who accumulated the fourth consecutive defeat in the Brasileirão, remained with 20 points and dropped to 11th place.

The Tricolor Carioca returns to the field next Wednesday (30th), visiting Internacional at Beira-Rio for the first leg of the Copa do Brasil round of 16.

And the Tricolor Paulista hosts Athletico-PR at MorumBIS on Thursday (31st) for the same tournament.

In the Brasileirão, Fluminense plays next Saturday (2nd), hosting Grêmio at Maracanã, while São Paulo visits Internacional at Beira-Rio on Sunday (3rd).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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