São Paulo and Atlético-GO played two matches in the semifinals with many goals and the decision was left for penalties and Rogério Ceni’s team got the best; see details about the topic
O Sao Paulo had a Patrick inspired and won the Atlético-GO at Copa Sudamericana this Thursday, 8th, at Morumbi Stadium. The midfielder scored twice and Tricolor managed to score 2-0. The game was decided by penalties and the team from Rogerio Ceni got the better and advanced to the tournament decision.
The match between São Paulo and Atlético-GO was marked by the complete dominance of Rogério Ceni’s team. The team had the best opportunities and had an inspiring Patrick to reverse the score at Morumbi stadium. Meanwhile, the Dragon closed in defense and offered no danger to Felipe Alves’ goal.
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The first half of the match between São Paulo and Atlético-GO was largely dominated by Rogério Ceni’s team. The hosts went to the attack, created opportunities for goals and before the five minutes of the game they already opened the scoring. The team even managed to score the second with Calleri, but the referee missed the Argentine to the Dragon’s relief.
São Paulo opened the scoring at Morumbi stadium in the fourth minute of the game. The goal came after a hit and hit in the area of Atlético-GO. The ball landed on Luciano’s feet, who hit it with the first shot and saw the rival goalkeeper give a rebound. Patrick appeared alone and beat to make it 1-0 and drive Morumbi crazy with a partial victory in the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana.
Tricolor had other opportunities to score more goals, but they didn’t know how to take advantage of them. Meanwhile, the Dragon found himself in difficulty and chose to close himself in the defense field. Gradually, Atlético-GO gained confidence and became a little more comfortable in the match. Even so, he followed behind the score and with São Paulo pressing in search of 2 to 0.
The second half started the same way the first ended. São Paulo looked for the attack all the time and Atlético-GO only closed in the defense field. The strategy of the Goiás team did not work and Patrick appeared again to save the Tricolor. He took advantage of Alisson’s great cross and pushed the ball into the back of the net.
After making it 2-0, São Paulo created more opportunities, but failed to convert the opportunities into goals. Atlético-GO followed with its more defensive strategy, did not create any kind of problem for Rogério Ceni’s team and held the result. Therefore, the spot in the Copa Sudamericana final was decided by penalties.
How were the penalties?
The penalties between São Paulo and Atlético-GO were marked by an error by Luciano for Tricolor, but it counted on errors by Baralhas and Léo Pereira to advance to the final of the Copa Sudamericana. Final score: 4 to 2 and Rogério Ceni in his second competition final for the São Paulo club in the 2022 season.
Source: sportbuzz
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