[ad_1]
The time has come to remember the year of São Paulo. Two rules measure the success of the Tricolor season. As a starting point for the near-demotion of last year, 2018 has been great, with a place in the Libertadores. But in the one that has the performance in the first round of Brasileirão as in the north, it was frustrating. Follow below the retrospective of GloboEsporte.com .
The coach helped Sao Paulo to escape relegation in 2017 and to renew the contract. But he could not have a long life in the season. The poor results and the dissatisfaction with the reinforcements hired by the council, the cases of Nene and Tréllez, have shortened the walk of the coach in the club.
The fall of Dorival Junior comes shortly after a 3-0 defeat against Palmeiras in the rival arena. Quickly, the tricolor board of directors announced the hiring of Uruguayan Diego Aguirre.
The striker finished the season as Sao Paulo's main player in 2018. They were 16 goals, including 12 in the Brazilian championship, but Diego Souza almost left the Tricolor in the first half.
Dissatisfied with the reserve and the proposal to return to Vasco, the jersey 9 was in serious discussion with the technician Diego Aguirre, getting new chances and becoming the protagonist
The contract of Diego Souza with São Paulo continues until December 2019, with the possibility of a new year of renewal, until December 2020.
Diego Souza has reached 100 goals in the points of the season of Brazil – Photo: Rubens Chiri / saopaulofc.net [19659013] Once again, São Paulo has not had any luck in qualifying. He fell in the Paulista semifinals in the fourth round of the Brazilian Cup and the second round of the South American Cup.
At the Paulista Championship, the elimination for Corinthians, in the semifinals, was painful. After defeating rival Morumbi 1-0, the Tricolor lost last-minute rivals in Itaquera. And on penalties, he took the worst, Diego Souza and Liziero spoiling the charges.
In the Copa do Brasil, title that the Tricolor still have not, the defeat 2-1 against Athletico, far from home, made the task difficult. In Morumbi, the frustration was great. After opening the score 2-0, São Paulo dropped out and was eliminated early.
In South America Cup, São Paulo was surprised by the modest Colón, native of Argentina. The team won the tricolor title at Morumbi, lost to Santa Fe and won the best result on penalties.
Petros and Militão comfort Diego Souza after a forgotten penalty – Photo: Marcos Ribolli
+ To find out more
Twelve wins, five draws and only two defeats. Nearly 72% of use and the symbolic title of the first round of Brasileirão. The campaign, guided by the good performances of the trio formed by Nene, Everton and Diego Souza, enthused the supporter of São Paulo.
The good work of coach Diego Aguirre, especially after the football World Cup, gave the fans the badurance that São Paulo was once again the protagonist.
Saint-Paulines with the goal of the victory over Vasco, when the Tricolor took the lead – Photo: Marcos Ribolli
Second round of frustration
But the second round gave a shock of reality in São Paulo. Paraná's tie with the lantern quickly began in the first lap and Everton's injuries followed the warnings.
With only 22 points earned in the other half of the Brazilian league, São Paulo achieved the dream of collapsing the seventh Brazilian title and finished only in fifth place .
The performance is badured by the Tricolor at the Copa Libertadores of 2019, but not directly in the group stage. You will have to go through two bushes to get there.
Defeat to home for the Palmeiras has almost ended the dream of the Brazilian title – Photo: Marcos Ribolli
Among the reinforcements hired by the council s stand out: Everton and Rojas. The first was the hottest hiring of the season (R $ 15 million) and the second was announced at the World Cup, coming from Talleres, Argentina, who will now be an opponent of the Tricolor in Libertadores.
On the other hand, among those who left, there was Petros, went to Al-Nbadr, Saudi Arabia, Cueva, who was not part of the discipline of the team and who has was negotiated with the Russians Krasnodar and Eder Militão. who left for Porto, Portugal.
Both were important figures of São Paulo in the season. On and off the field. The midfielder became the coach's main player at one point in the season.
In the second round, however, Nene gave up production and went to the reserve. He did not like. Since he did not like it, in the first round he was replaced.
After the dismissal of Diego Aguirre, the midfielder said that he had nothing to do with the departure of the coach. And Lugano went so far as to say that Nene's "pout" was part of the package.
Nene and Diego Aguirre Multi-champion in the basic categories of São Paulo, the coach was promoted to the rank of professional to become the coaching staff badistant. But after leaving Aguirre, he played tentatively for the last five games of the Brazilian championship.
Even before finishing this sequence, Jardine was executed by the jury and signed an agreement to be the coach of São Paulo next season.
André Jardine was performed by Raí as a coach of São Paulo in 2019 – Photo: Angelo Martins / saopaulofc.net
Source link