São Paulo put in a poor display and suffer heavy home defeat to Mirassol
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In the midst of MorumBIS, São Paulo lost to Mirassol 2-0 on Saturday (24), in the 10th round of the 2025 Brasileirão.
This was only the second defeat of the Tricolor at home this season.
ISSO É SER LEíO!🦁Com gols de Gabriel e Reinaldo, o Mirassol vence o São Paulo, fora de casa, por 2 a 0 e vai a 14 pontos no Campeonato Brasileiro!🔰📷:JP Pinheiro/Agência Mirassol #MirassolFC #SomosTodosLeão #SerLeão #NossaRegiãoComOLeão #PrazerMirassolFC #100anos pic.twitter.com/y6bUzKr95D
— Mirassol (@mirassolfc) May 24, 2025
Still in the first half, even without great scoring chances, the visitors already showed they were "at home".
In fact, with more possession of the ball than Tricolor Paulista (55% x 45%).
And, after the break, the goal didn't take long to come. Edson Carioca escaped down the right and served Lucas Ramon in the area, who shot a cross. Rafael couldn't make the save, and Gabriel threw himself into a header to touch the ball into the back of the net.
Even behind on the scoreboard, São Paulo couldn't find themselves on the field and created little to get the equalizer.
And the situation got even worse when Enzo Díaz knocked down Chico Kim in the area. Reinaldo, ex-São Paulo, took the penalty and displaced Rafael to make it 2-0.With the result, São Paulo remained with 12 points and remains in 12th place in the standings. Mirassol reached 14 points and jumped to eighth place.
Tricolor Paulista returns to the field next Tuesday (27), when they host Talleres, at MorumBIS, for the last round of the group stage of the 2025 Conmebol Libertadores.
In the Brasileirão, São Paulo visits Bahia, at Arena Fonte Nova, on Saturday (31), for the 11th round.
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