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São Paulo rest players, still no goals conceded, top of group
With an eye on the rest of the season and the upcoming Majestoso, São Paulo took the field at El Teniente with a heavily rotated lineup, including some Cotia academy products.
They saw O’Higgins threaten in the second half, but held on for a 0-0 draw away from home this Thursday (7).
The match was valid for the fourth round of Group C in the Copa Sudamericana.
They remain top of the group and now have two home games to try to secure first place — which guarantees direct qualification to the round of 16.
But they can’t afford to slip up because of the result in the other group match.
Where’s the good football?
The first half had a grand total of zero shots on target.
O'Higgins did try. But they ran into their own limitations when they tried to take advantage of Tricolor’s mistakes.
González was the one who stepped up the most.
SPFC didn’t suffer without the ball. But they lacked quality in the finishing — especially Ferreirinha.
Now we’re talking!
It took just a few seconds of the second half for Sarrafiore to create the game’s biggest chance by rattling the crossbar.
Then Leiva hit the right post. Carlos Coronel also had to make a save.
São Paulo managed to get organized after a few minutes of panic and then threatened through Tapia.
Roger used only three players who are expected to start against Corinthians: Danielzinho, Artur and Sabino.
The performance was far from the best without the full-strength side.
But SPFC remain top and still depend only on themselves.
Standings and schedule
O'Higgins moved up to seven points. They remain in second place.
Now they head into two away matches: against Boston River (20/5) and Millonarios (26/5).
São Paulo, meanwhile, reached eight points. They remain top and still haven’t conceded.
Millonarios are now fully back in the race after beating pointless (and now eliminated) Boston River 4-2 to reach seven points.
Tricolor will now play two straight Sudamericana matches at MorumBIS.
They will face Millonarios (19/5) and Boston River (26/5).
Before that, however, they have the already mentioned Majestoso to worry about. They will visit their rival next Sunday (10) in a match for the 15th round of the Brasileirão.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in here.
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