Sao Paulo come back to beat Vitoria
24/10/2008 17:25
In the heavy rains of Sao Paulo, the home team came back from behind to
beat Vitoria last night 2-1 in the Brazilian Championship.
Vitoria jumped to
the lead in the 14th minute as Leonardo Silva out jumped the defense and headed
the corner kick into the back of the Sao Paulo net.
However, in the 28th
minute, Hernanes, well outside of the penalty box, sent the ball into the right
corner of the net to level the score. It was in the 8th minute of the second
half when Sao Paulo secured the victory.
Jorge Wagner sent the ball to the
front of the net where Hugo was able to head it into the net.
With the win,
Sao Paulo stand second, three points behind leaders Gremio, who also won last
night against Sport.
Gremio stand in first place with 59 points, followed by
Sao Paulo (56), Cruzeiro (55) and Flamengo (55).
Next week, in the 32nd round
of play, Sao Paulo will travel to Rio de Janeiro to play Botafogo on Wednesday.
On the same night, Vitoria will host Flamengo at the Barradao stadium in
Salvador, Bahia.
Xinhua
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