This year's São Paulo State Championship is not long, starting on January 20 and ending on March 22.

Two months, six group games, one quarter-final, two semi-finals, two finals.

If you want to win the championship, you only need to play eleven games.

Even when the São Paulo state championship is over, the group stage of the Copa Libertadores continues......

Before the end of February, the group stage was already over, with Sao Paulo finishing first in Group 2 with five wins and one draw, and successfully qualified for the knockout round.

After playing the group stage, they played their second Copa Libertadores group game.

There was no suspense either, as Sao Paulo beat Paraguay's Odubarre 3-1 at home, with Glory not scoring in the game, but had an assist that set up Lucas to score his first goal in the Copa Libertadores.

The knockout format of the São Paulo State Championship is also strange, not all of them are home and away, but they are eliminated in a single game in the quarter-finals, and after reaching the semi-finals, they are eliminated over two legs.

On 26 February, São Paulo host Saint-André, their opponent in the quarter-finals.

As a result, Sao Paulo defeated their opponents 4-2 at home and advanced to the semi-finals without any suspense.

It's no wonder that Glory is not interested in the São Paulo State Championship, the opponents are too weak and there are too few matches.

It's going to be over in just a few games......

It's really not fun.

At this time, the glory sounded in the Euroleague, and after he decided to go to Europe, he learned some things about European football through Godot.

Zhilu Tao is different in Europe and Brazil. There's a New Year's Eve season, and there are more than 30 games in a season, plus other cup competitions, and you can play 50 or 60 games a year - every game you play, how much is the appearance fee alone?

Europe...... What a paradise!

In the semi-finals of the São Paulo State Championship, Sao Paulo did not encounter any difficulties, and they defeated Santista 5-0 at home in the first leg, directly ending the suspense of the second leg of the semi-finals.

Although there were not many games, Osvaldo gave his main players a chance to rest in the second leg, and many of them did not travel with the team to the road at all.

Glory, Kaka, and Lucas are not resting at home.

Fabiano, who has just returned from injury, started in place of Lucas.

It was his first start since injury.

In the final match, Sao Paulo beat Santista 1-0 away.

With an aggregate score of 6:0, they advanced to the final.

And their opponents in the final are ...... Corinthians.

Although Corinthians' performances were criticized in the early group stage, the heritage of the traditional giants allowed them to survive.

Compared to São Paulo's triumphant progress, Corinthians' journey to the promotion was much more stumbling.

They finished second in Group 3 and almost missed the knockout rounds.

In the quarter-finals, they narrowly beat Barbarense 2-1 at home.

From the semi-finals onwards, Corinthians gradually found their sense of being a strong team.

In the first leg, they drew 2-2 away at Palmeiras and returned to their home stadium, where they thrashed arch-rivals Palmeiras 4-2 to secure a ticket to the other final.

Then they met their nemesis São Paulo, the nemesis of the two years, in the final......

Corinthians wouldn't want to run into this opponent if they could.

If it was the old São Paulo, it would be a big deal.

But now, they can't even make that wish come true.

There's nothing more humiliating than playing against Sao Paulo......

Regardless of whether they shrink their defense or besiege their opponents, they will die a miserable death in the end, and they will also be very aggrieved.

When São Paulo took the lead, they were aggrieved. Even if they themselves are ahead, they are very aggrieved......

Because there was a glory in St. Paul's team, that kid was energetic every time he hit Corinthians.

Isn't it because they turned him away in the first place?

It's been a year, and you've beaten us twice in the final, so it's good enough to get off the gas, right?

No!

Glory doesn't think so, as long as it's a match against Corinthians, he'll be full of fighting spirit.

If it weren't for Corinthians in the final of the São Paulo State Championship, the glory would not have been raised at all.

Now that he saw that it was Corinthians who had made it to the finals, he suddenly felt that this game was not boring.

Having met Corinthians in the finals three times in a row, Glory must brand his name in the depths of Corinthians' hearts, so that as long as they hear their names in the future, they will tremble with fear!

Glory is not a careful person, but sometimes he can also make a little childish temper.

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Despite the third group game of the Copa Libertadores, Osvaldo was still playing in the first leg of the final against Corinthians.

São Paulo is in such good momentum that it would be a shame not to win the São Paulo state title.

Anyway, in the group stage, Sao Paulo has won two in a row, and the group qualification situation is very good, so Sao Paulo has enough room to maneuver.

Although it is said to be an away game, the match is actually played at the Molumbi Stadium, the home of São Paulo.

The match could not be hosted due to turf maintenance at Pakambu, the home stadium of Corinthians.

In order to distinguish between home and away. In this match, which was played on São Paulo's own home stadium, ticket sales were restricted. In total, just over 40,000 people came to the venue, more than half of them were Corinthians fans, and only a third were São Paulo.

But even so, the outnumbered São Paulo fans still make the Molumbi Stadium look like São Paulo's home stadium...... There is something wrong with this sentence, but it is true, what was supposed to be the home of Corinthians turned out to be the home of São Paulo.

São Paulo fans are far more familiar with the stadium than Corinthians fans. And two consecutive meetings with Corinthians in the final, São Paulo won both times, which also gave São Paulo fans a lot of confidence.

During the game, they sang the song "Xie Lu Xie Corinthians" in the stands, satirizing Corinthians for turning away glory and pushing it to São Paulo.

If Corinthians hadn't looked down on Glory in the first place, maybe it would have been the turn of São Paulo's fans to deal with Glory now......

Now, they can laugh at Corinthians to their heart's content, and Corinthians fans can't talk about it yet.

The "Eagles of Loyalty" once again flapped their giant flag in the stands.

But now this flag in front of São Paulo has no deterrent effect at all.

Because St. Paul has a spear big enough to pierce everything that stands in his way!

What is a mere flag?

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"Our goal is the Copa Libertadores, but now that we have reached the final of the state championship, what reason should we give up the title to Corinthians?" In the pre-match dressing room, Osvaldo was making the most of his players' pre-match mobilization.

"In the last year, we met this team twice in a row in various finals, and they didn't beat us once, no matter how close they were to victory, they only ended up being our underdogs! This time, it's no exception! But I have one request. ”

Osvaldo cocked up his index finger.

"In the previous two finals, we gave Corinthians too many illusions in the first leg and made them think they had a chance. And this time, I want you to put an end to their fantasies in the first round and not give them a chance to dream! ”

Osvaldo spoke to the hearts of the São Paulo players.

The previous two finals had made Corinthians very embarrassed in the first round, and each time they had to rely on the second round to win.

To be honest, the Sao Paulo players are also a little tired.

With our current strength, can't we take Corinthians in one fell swoop?!

All the Sao Paulo players have this grudge in their hearts, but they usually bury it deep in their hearts.

Now it's all hooked up by Osvaldo.

If you can't defeat Corinthians, you probably won't be able to swallow this breath.

So when it came to the game, every Sao Paulo player was murderous.

This murderous aura was felt even by the Corinthians who were standing next to them and playing with them.

Some of the Corinthians also ducked to the side, as if they were afraid of being burned by the momentum of the São Paulo players......

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At the beginning of the game, the momentum of Sao Paulo scored a goal.

Glory opened the scoring for the team with a long-range shot and opened the door to victory.

After cheering for the glorious goal, the commentators couldn't help but shake their heads and express their regret for Corinthians.

“…… What a great player, why did he just look away in the first place? ”

"One report after another, Corinthians' state championship this time is probably going to fly......"

"I think the better Rong plays, the more ruthless Corinthians' boss Duaribi is likely to be Edva Simos......"

Glory's goal gave the team the lead.

Sao Paulo are very good at playing the lead.

They then scored two more goals in one go, while Corinthians only pulled one back just before the end of the game by taking advantage of Sao Paulo's slack in a big lead.

But it doesn't make much sense.

Sao Paulo ended up beating Corinthians 3-0 away.

Two goals ahead of Corinthians.

In a master duel, let alone leading by two goals, even if it is only one goal, it is sometimes fatal.

With such a score, many people can say that the state championship this time is also São Paulo's!

“…… It's unbelievable, a state championship in 2000 and a Rio-São Paulo championship in 2001, which is quite normal. Since last year, São Paulo has suddenly entered a golden age. They won the Rio-São Paulo Championship and the Brazilian National Championship in a year's time...... And maybe all this is because of the arrival of that Chinese......"

The TV close-up is fixed on Rong Guang's body with the words of the narrator Cafury.