São Paulo breaks the taboo and beats Corinthians in Itaquera for the first time – 01/30/2024 – Sport

This Tuesday (30) a text that Corinthians had defended for almost ten years against São Paulo fell. With goals scored by Jonathan Calleri and Luiz Gustavo, the tricolor team defeated their rival for the first time at the Neo Química Arena, in Itaquera, 2-1.

The confrontation for the Campeonato Paulista was the 19th classic between the teams in the black and white home. Until then, the home team had a record of 11 wins and seven draws since Majestoso started to be played in the new Corinthian arena in 2014.

In addition to overturning the taboo, the São Paulo team gained even more confidence for the decision of the Brazilian Super Cup, against Palmeiras, next Sunday (4), at 4pm, at Mineirão.

On the Corinthians side, it was the third consecutive defeat in the State, which already leaves Mano Menezes’ team under pressure in the tournament. After debuting with a victory over Guarani, they had also been defeated by Ituano and São Bernardo before the duel against São Paulo.

Mano is among the nine coaches who led Corinthians during the period in which the club defended its unbeaten record against the Tricolores. In addition to him, Fábio Carille, Tite, Vagner Mancini, Jair Ventura, Cristóvão Borges, Sylvinho, Vitor Pereira and Vanderlei Luxemburgo were also on the edge of the pitch.

This time, the writing began to fall after 20 minutes of the first half, when Wellington Rato took a shot from midfield that found Jonathan Calleri behind the defense. At speed, the Argentine managed to come face to face with Cássio and touched the goalkeeper’s exit.

Before the break, the home team’s situation became even more complicated when the team was left with one player less.

In the 42nd minute, Caetano was sent off after the VAR (video referee) called the referee to analyze a move in which the Corinthians defender let his hand hit striker Luciano’s face.

In the final stage, with just six minutes, São Paulo took advantage of the numerical difference to reach their second goal. After another cross from Rato’s corner, Luiz Gustavo appeared alone to head the ball into the back of the net.

Corinthians still tried to respond minutes later, but Yuri Alberto hit the post with a good shot from outside the area. After that, São Paulo started to manage the score and, before the end, the home team only managed to score, with Arthur Sousa, in stoppage time.