The São Paulo fans, who had not been able to find a chance to applaud the team since the start of the game, finally gave their long-lost applause.

This time Sao Paulo had a clear attacking mindset and the players handled the ball well, finally showing a little bit of style in the past few games.

It was also Sao Paulo's first time threatening Santos' goal in this game.

Kaka's shot was blocked by Fabio. Costa struggled to save and it was a corner. Sao Paulo rarely played a fluid attack in this game and they had to take set-pieces like that. The narrator analyzed.

Ricardinho stood at the corner, carefully setting up the ball and waiting for the Sao Paulo players to scramble for space in the box.

Ricardo stood at the front point, pushing and shoving with Renato, fighting for every inch of land.

After a short run-up, Ricardinho took a corner kick and the ball spun and flew to the back post, Lugano and Alex jumped up at the same time to fight for the top, and in the end it was Alex who judged a little better, he touched the ball first and pushed the ball out of the box, Diego quickly rushed up to control the landing.

Santos strikes back!

Robinho, who remained up front, quickly moved down the wing, while Santos' other two strikers, Willian and Elano, also moved forward quickly.

Diego didn't waste his chance in hesitation, finding Robinho with a long pass.

Robinho stopped the ball with his chest, picked it lightly, then turned around and passed Gabriel, who pounced on him, and drove straight in!

"São Paulo is in danger! It was a 3-on-3 opportunity and Robinho was still dribbling quickly, cutting inside and hitting the ball to the back post! Elano heads in and the ball goes in! In the 28th minute of the game, Santos, who was playing at home, took the lead! ”

"Santos's counter-attacking routine was very simple, with Robinho running to the side and using his impact to tear through the opponent's defense, Elano and Willian slammed in front of the goal, and Sao Paulo's defense fell apart in an instant!"

Ricardo shook his head and walked slowly back to his own half. Finally, he saw a little hope of winning, but was the first to score by a counterattack from Santos.

Osvaldo didn't yell this time, he stood on the sidelines, his hands clasped to his chest, biting his lip hard, the muscles around his eye sockets tense.

Santos was quick up front and good at counter-attacking, and the rest of the game was even tougher for Sao Paulo. Attack, beware of the opponent's counterattack, it is very likely that the opponent will expand the score; Don't attack? Then wait for defeat.

There is no choice but to risk conceding goals and invest more in the attack!

"Ricardinho!" Osvaldo said hello, and Ricardinho ran to the sidelines to listen to the arrangement, and by the way, he rehydrated.

"Your position, a little bit earlier, should form a full connection with the front court, pass the ball more vertically, don't be conservative!"

Ricardinho nodded.

"Tell Baptista to plug in more and take advantage of the long shots! Put the whole backline on the line! ”

Ricardinho ran onto the pitch with the manager's latest instructions.

Everyone thought Santos would play a little more conservatively after scoring the goal, but they still pressed up front and didn't allow Sao Paulo to organise comfortably.

Ricardinho had to disobey Osvaldo's instructions and retreat several times, otherwise the backline would not be able to get the ball out of the way.

As a result, there was some disconnect between Sao Paulo's midfield and the front, and Kaka and Ricardo had to retreat.

For São Paulo, the pullback was not a bad thing. Kaka and Ricardo are both stars with skills and speed, who can break through the level on their own, and taking a step back to open up the sky can give them more room to play.

However, Santos's midfield defense was too strong, and Renato continued to make very strategic moves despite the fact that he already had a yellow card, and because Santos was playing at home, the referee did not show him a second yellow card for various reasons, resulting in boos from the Sao Paulo fans in the stands.

Almeida also continued to use their physical advantage to infringe on Licardo and Kaka, resulting in Sao Paulo's advances always being interrupted between 35m and 40m from the penalty area.

It's hard to score a free kick in this position, and you have to get a tall defender to come up and grab a point. But in this way, Santos was given another chance to counterattack......

The first half crept into the 45th minute, and the fourth official raised the electronic card with one minute of stoppage time.

Ricardinho took the free-kick and hit the box, and the Santos goalkeeper came out and punched the ball out with both fists. Elano controls the second drop point, Santos has a chance to fight back! ”

Sao Paulo's players ran towards their own half like a low tide, Elano didn't watch for too long after holding the ball, and went directly to the wing, Renato squeezed Ricardo a bit, grabbed the ball smoothly, and then played a long ball to Willian, who was running forward.

With Baptista's interference, Willian tried to head the ball to Robinho, but the landing was not well controlled, and Robinho had to turn to get the ball. He stopped the ball in his thigh and then fed it back to Diego, who quickly picked up the ball and made a through ball over the top to find Willian, who was still scurrying forward.

Despite being only 19 years old, Willian has impressive pace and physical prowess, and under Baptista's defence, he is firmly in control of the ball and continues to dribble towards the baseline.

Towards the end of the line, he suddenly got up and crossed a low ball, which Baptista was raising his leg to block and the ball got under his leg.

A small Santos player emerged from the crowd and stabbed first, Cheney's reaction was slowed down and the ball rolled from his lap into the goal.

The commentator's voice suddenly rose high: "Diego's wonderful pass, Willian fought for the ball, he stopped a little wide, continued to take forward, and there was no angle to shoot." Kick-up crosses, Robinho shoots! goal！！！！！ In first-half stoppage time, Robinho doubled the score, and Santos led Sao Paulo 2:0! It was a crucial goal and Sao Paulo will go into the break with a two-goal gap and it will be a very bad situation for them! Will we be able to see a performance by Ricardo and the Kakas in the second half? ”

The São Paulo fans in the east stand were silent, while the Santos fans in the other three stands waved flags, shouted and sang and bounced until the referee announced the end of the first half and went into the half-time break, still in excitement.

To say that the two teams actually have no grudge, but in the first half of the year in the São Paulo State Championship, Sao Paulo beat Santos 3:0, which made the young Santos hold his breath and always want to get back on the field.

Now they have it. The Santos fans celebrated as if they had already won the game.