São Paulo suffers, but Cruzeiro wins on penalties and goes to semi-final

This was done, but São Paulo is in the semifinals of the Copa São Paulo of Futebol Júnior. On Thursday, coaches Orlando Ribeiro took the Cruzeiro at the Fonte Luminosa Arena in Araraquara and left the field with a shootout penalty from 6 to 5 after a 1-1 draw. Paulson's goal was scored by Paulinho.

With the result, the Tricolor will face the Guarani, who pbaded Figueirense 2-1 in São Carlos.

The game – São Paulo did not delay to show the one who came. After four minutes, Cruzeiro's defense faded away but defender Edu found himself trapped in the box and the ball was at the feet of Paulinho, who had dominated and hit the keeper without a second chance. Jonathan Bráz

Already within 18 minutes, the arbitration had harmed São Paulo. Antony descended to the right and his cross was deflected by the arm of the left-back Matheus Pereira. The referee of the match, however, let the corridor follow instead of registering the outrageous penalty in favor of Tricolor.

São Paulo continued to pressure Cruzeiro and narrowly missed the second goal of the Arena Fonte Luminosa. Gabriel Novaes narrowly missed the goal after 34 minutes, but the shot was far enough.

This is only in the last stretch that Cruzeiro scared goalkeeper Thiago Couto off the line. In 35 minutes, Romulo invaded the area on the right and struck venom, forcing Sao Pauline to make an excellent intervention. During the rebound, Caio finished in the second stick and saw the promising archer take the ball from the basket, almost at the top of the line.

Already in the second half, the Cruzeiro was already up to the task. More connected in the match, the miners equalized with Vinícius Popó, who led after a corner, which saw defender Tuta take advantage, but the ball hit the ball in the arms of goalkeeper Thiago Couto and entered

From that moment on, Sao Paulo squeezed and nearly failed to regain the advantage with Gabriel Novaes, who on the 31st minute had the chance to score the goal by dominating the goal. goalkeeper Jonathan Bráz made a save. Before the final whistle, Leonardo had the best chance of qualifying for Cruzeiro, but isolated.