Santos is massacred by Ituano and loses 100% campaign in Paulistão – Sports

Santos' perfect campaign at Campeonato Paulista ends with a crushing defeat. Sunday at Novelli Junior, Ituano made a perfect first half with three goals scored in under 20 minutes, took advantage of his opponents' fouls and crushed 5-1 in the fifth duel.

Praised by the force of his offensive sector this season, with 11 goals scored in Paulistan's first four games, Santos failed to show the intensity of his previous commitments and was neutralized by Ituano , which has advanced in speed against counterattacks. to build his victory by taking advantage of the various individual mistakes of the Vila Belmiro team, as was the case with Victor Ferraz and Felipe Aguilar in some of the goals of the home team.

Coach Jorge Sampaoli returned to an offensive position with decisions such as the left-back of the Colombian Copete and the entry of an attacker-Yuri Alberto – instead from one midfielder – Alison – in the meantime. But he built little in the attack and still paid dearly for the failures of a daring yet dangerous tactical ploy, which left the pair of zaga alone in the defensive field at several moments. Morato, who returns to Ituano after free pbades from São Paulo and Sport in recent seasons, was the highlight of the rout by scoring two goals.

Despite the defeat, Santos remains ahead of Group A Paulistão with 12 points. And Wednesday, will start in the Brazilian Cup, Teresina, against the Altos. Ituano occupies second place in Group D with seven points and will again play Friday against Red Bull Brasil, on behalf of the state, to Moisés Lucarelli.

THE GAME

The player position in the field of attack, adopted by Sampaoli since his arrival, was expensive for Santos. Taking advantage of the space and mistakes of defender Felipe Aguilar, Ituano scored twice almost in a row, at seven and eight minutes.

First, Serrato dribbles Felipe Aguilar and throws to Morato, who faces Vanderlei and finishes. After that, Serrato stole the ball from Felipe Aguilar, advanced free and slapped Vanderlei, placing him at 2-0.

Sampaoli continued to bet on the bold and risky style to make the Saints react. But Ituano, who used the open spaces and scored the third goal in 19 minutes. The German hit the crossbar in the lead after the crossing and the rebound is done with Jonas, who hit the nets.

Giving spaces in the defense, being little objective in the attack and having difficulties to defeat the mark of Itano, Santos was only to be effective in the field of attack that & # 39; 39, at the end of the first half. But he was also unlucky, as Derlis González lost a clear chance. And it was only to score in the 41 minutes, to Jean Mota, lead, after center Carlos Sánchez. It was Paulistan midfielder's fourth goal, being the tournament's top scorer.

Except that the reaction was brought under control by Itano, who still scored, in the additions. This time, Martinelli pbaded easily for Victor Ferraz and headed for Morato, who hit hard, leading the unlikely score of 4 to 1 for Ituano at halftime.

For the second period, Sampaoli doubled his lead on the offensive line by replacing Alison with center-forward Yuri Alberto. Only Santos continued without finding a place in the defense of Itano. And it took a fifth goal in 18 minutes, scored by Leo Santos, head after a corner.

The rest of the game was like offensive work against the defense. Except that the brand of Itano stood out and was still pushing his enthusiastic fans to scream "olé", pleased with this remarkable victory. In addition, each team lost a great opportunity. But that did not change the scene of Itano 's impressive rout.

ITUANO – Pegorari; ITUANO [196590]] of the UITANO 5 x 1 SANTOS

of the User . Jonas, Leo Santos, Ricardo Silva and Peri; Baralhas, Correa (Paulinho Dias) and Marcos Serrato; German (Claudinho), Morato (Gui Mendes) and Martinelli. Technical: Vinícius Bergantin.