fantastic match, fantastic score! again!

Yesterday São Paulo did its home game against Cruzeiro for the Libertadores Cup. Although it was a very cold night in the city of SP, lots of people went to the stadium to support our team. Everything seemed to go right on that night. Right on the first minute of the game, Kleber (Cruzeiro's best striker) received a red card, which means that São Paulo played the whole game with one more player than Cruzeiro. However, it wasn't just that. We demonstrated a excellent soccer, it was amazing to watch. Our first goal was amusing! Junior Cesar dribbled two players and the same time, and passed the ball to Hernanes, who scored! After that, the game was practically all on our hands. Even though Cruzeiro still needed to score 3 goals to classify, SPFC was attacking all the time. Consequence: another goal! This time Dagoberto scored another beautiful goal! The crowd was almost going grazy on the stands of the stadium.. They were singing a lot! The game ended 2x0 to us, like the first game!
This was a revenge for São Paulo FC. Last year in the Libertadores Cup, Cruzeiro eliminated us with exacts SPFC 0 x 2 Cruzeiro, in morumbi. However, this time was different. In addition, we are playing much better than last year. In my opinion we really have changes to win this tournament. All players has been working very hard to face all challenges possible :) Unfortunately, the continuation of Libertadores is just after the world cup ! But we are going to play even harder to win the championship!

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fantastic match, fantastic score!

Sao Paulo F.C traveled to Belo Horizonte to play againt the Cruzeiro at their home stadium. The club was playing their first match with the striker Fernandão who came from Goias, also, since Miranda´s sister passed away, we played with Xandao and Richarlyson to make our defense even stronger. The best offensive team (Cruzeiro) was playing against the best defense team (SPFC) in the tournament. Cruzeiro did lose some opportunities, but wasn't able to score in our strong and consistent team. The home team could not get pass the solid defense from São Paulo. 

Daboberto, who is Sao Paulo´s striker, scored the first goal in the match with an excleent pass by Marlos, in the first-half. After that, Rogerio Ceni (our goalkeeper) did a great job defending São Paulo's goal for a couple of times. In addition, the second-half was quite exciting for all of us. I seriously thought that Cruzeiro would score a goal right on the begging, I wasn't used to see SPFC playing such a good match this year. What happened was, we scored again! This time Fernandão made a incredible pass (with his heel) to Hernanes, who calmly made 0 x 2. In the last 10 minutes of game, Cruzeiro was attacking all the time. I'm pretty sure that every one who supports SPFC in the world got very nervous. Fortunately, the game ended Cruzeiro 0 x 2 São Paulo. Taking into account that scoring 2 goals in Cruzeiro's home stadium is very difficult, we can say that SPFC is very close to the classification. In the following wednesday, we can lose by 1 goal of difference, or they need to score 2 goals so the match will go on in penalty kicks. However, I honestly don't think this is going to happen. São Paulo played very well and overcame the mistrust of their own fans. Now its just wait to the next game in our home stadium, morumbi!! 

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I can say that tuesday was a special day for me, specially at night. I went to São Paulo's game for the Libertadores Tournament with my dad. Unfortunately, there was a lot of traffic, and I arrived about 5 minutes late. But actually, it wasn't a problem. The entire game was dominated by SPFC. It was unbelievable how much our team had the ball possession during the game. Because of a lack of luck, São Paulo didn't score the entire match. The first game against Universitario was 0x0, and hence if the second game had the same result, it would go to the penalties. And so it was..
About 43.000 people were at the Morumbi Stadium. Everyone was unsatisfied with the final score, but we knew that it was an important support for our team. Our crowd kept singing the SPFC anthem while Universitario started the penaltis. They scored with a very well-done kick. Rogerio Ceni, our goalkeeper, was the first player. The crowd was yelling a looooot, we could barely listen to a conversation near us. Universitario's goalkeeper made a great defense: Rogerio lost his penalty. The situation seemed to get complicated for us, mainly because of Rogerio's psychological. We started to shout his name, so he could gain more confidence; and so he did. He brilliantly defended the two following kicks, while SPFC was scoring all. When there was practically two penaltis left, the Universitario's player missed the penalty. By this time, if our player Dagoberto scored, we win the match. HE DID IT !
It was a great relief and a wonderful feeling for all of us! SPFC is now on the next phase of the Libertadores Cup! :)

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0x0; 3x1

I can say that tuesday was a special day for me, specially at night. I went to São Paulo's game for the Libertadores Tournament with my dad. Unfortunately, there was a lot of traffic, and I arrived about 5 minutes late. But actually, it wasn't a problem. The entire game was dominated by SPFC. It was unbelievable how much our team had the ball possession during the game. Because of a lack of luck, São Paulo didn't score the entire match. The first game against Universitario was 0x0, and hence if the second game had the same result, it would go to the penalties. And so it was..
About 43.000 people were at the Morumbi Stadium. Everyone was unsatisfied with the final score, but we knew that it was an important support for our team. Our crowd kept singing the SPFC anthem while Universitario started the penaltis. They scored with a very well-done kick. Rogerio Ceni, our goalkeeper, was the first player. The crowd was yelling a looooot, we could barely listen to a conversation near us. Universitario's goalkeeper made a great defense: Rogerio lost his penalty. The situation seemed to get complicated for us, mainly because of Rogerio's psychological. We started to shout his name, so he could gain more confidence; and so he did. He brilliantly defended the two following kicks, while SPFC was scoring all. When there was practically two penaltis left, the Universitario's player missed the penalty. By this time, if our player Dagoberto scored, we win the match. HE DID IT !
It was a great relief and a wonderful feeling for all of us! SPFC is now on the next phase of the Libertadores Cup! :)

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São Paulo 1x0 Once Caldas

São Paulo FC had a great game yesterday against Once Caldas. Different from the first game, this time we won the match and played much better than before. São Paulo's supporters were present in a huge amount, about 51.000 people, the biggest crowd of the year.
The game started very good for us, attacking all the time, and putting a lot of pressure. Rogerio Ceni, our goal-keeper, didn't have too much work. In addition, when this half was about to end, about 40 minutes, Fernandinho scored a goal! This moment was fantastic, every person in the crowd was screaming and hugging each other. However, the second-half wasn't as good as the first one. Once Caldas startes to attack more, and we wasn't able to score another goal. Time seemed to be passing by very slow this half. But our defense, including our luck, was excellent and the opposing team didn't score, which means that the game finished SPFC 1x0 Once Caldas. This final score means that São Paulo finished the first phase in the first place of our group, which will lead us to play against the second-placed from another group. Nevertheless, SPFC is not yet playing so well to win this tournament, so lots of pratice and focus is going to be required in the following days.

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São Paulo 2 x 3 Santos

The first game of the semi-finals from the Paulista League involving SPFC and Santos was very exciting. I went to the morumbi stadium expecting a difficult game. There were about 35.000 people, in which the big majority was supporting São Paulo. The game started good for our side, but unfortunately, in a very silly mistake, Santos scored their first goal. São Paulo, then, didn't react well to the situation; consequently, Santos scored again. The first-half finished SPFC 0 x 2 Santos, and also one of our attacking players received a red card for making 2 dangerous fauls. Summarizing, São Paulo was with one player less than Santos, and losing with a difference of two goal. Even though things seemed to be already lost, São Paulo showed it competence and right on the begging scored 2 goal ! One with Hernanes, and the other with Dagoberto. The game was now 2 x 2. All of our fans were screamming a lot, and SPFC started playing better, with "happiness". Unfortunately, when it was around 43 minutes of the second-half, almost finishing the game, Santos scored a third goal. One could see the sadness around Morumbi, it was weird because people wasn't angry, they're sort of sad, and disappoineted, in a way. Nevertheless, not everything is lost, we still have the second game, which is going to take place in Santos. It is going to be much harder, since the crowd will be basically of Santos' fans. But its possible.

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São Paulo 5 x 0 Botafogo

Since it was easter, not a lot of people went to watch SPFC playing agains Botafogo in Morumbi. However, those who were there, and even those who watched in TV liked a lot the game. SPFC was playing with all its players except for the strinker Washington and the middle-fielder Leo Lima. Surprisingly, São Paulo just scored the first goal in the very end of the first-half. This seemed to be a tough game, due to the fact that Botafogo's defense was very accurate and strong. Our players were having difficulties on getting close to the goal and Rogerio Ceni even lost a penalty kick. But at exaclty 45 minutes Marlos made a beautiful goal. The second-half started and the crowd were supporting a lot our team. Hernanes scored first at 14 minutes, and than Rodrigo Soulto at 22 minutes. Two minutes later, at 24, Junior Cesar scored, and by last Hernanes scored again at 36 minutes.

Now São Paulo is back in the third place of the state's tournament, which is leading our team towards the semi-finals! However, in my opinion, coach Ricardo Gomes should allow some players to rest and not play the following game, so they wouldn't be tired to the other competition. Since this one is almost sure that we will achieve the main goal, that is getting on the semi-finals.

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