In addition to being the only Brazilian team to win three times, São Paulo was responsible for the biggest victory of all time in a Libertadores final: the 5-0 victory over Universidad Católica in 1993, at Morumbi (Photo: Pixabay) Talk about São Paulo. Paulo Futebol Clube is covering the American Freedom Cup. These two things are related. His achievements made the Morumbi tricolor three-time world champion, an unprecedented feat among Brazilian teams. But today the word is Libertadores.The Morumbi club won the first Copa América in 1992 by defeating the Argentine team Newell's Old Boys. In the first match, Argentina won 1-0, and in the return match, at home, São Paulo also won by the same score. The team led by the talented Telê Santana then had to decide on penalties, where they ended up winning 3-2.
The São Paulo team had a great squad, with players like Zetti, Pintado, Cafu, Raí, Muller, Antônio Carlos and other stars. More than 105 million São Paulo fans were at Morumbi to celebrate the first Copa Libertadores.
The joy of the people of São Paulo did not end with this event in '92: the following year, in 1993, in the 34th edition of the Copa Libertadores d'América, the tricolor once again brought great joy to the possessive people.
The Morumbi club won its second consecutive continental cup by defeating Chile's Universidad Católica in the final, 5-1. With almost 100,000 spectators, the Morumbi stadium rocked this second championship. This was the biggest win ever in a game that made sense for the last leg of this competition.
Despite the 2-0 defeat to Chile, São Paulo, who had a big advantage in the second leg, lifted the trophy and became two-time champions of the Copa Libertadores da América.
Telê Santana maintained the best of his squad compared to last year, and has stars such as Zetti, Cafu, Raí, Pintado, Muller and Toninho Cerezo, as well as some important players who are very well integrated, even after 1990. after defeating the Barcelona team at the Interclub Cup in Japan.
In 1994, Morumbi's tricolor teams were prepared to reach the top three in the competition, but Argentine Vélez Sarsfield did not allow them to achieve this goal.
The brothers won their debut match, at the José Amalfitani Stadium, in Buenos Aires, and ended up losing the same match 1-0 to Morumbi.
The match was decided on penalties, and the Buenos Aires team ended up winning 5-3, thus becoming champion of the tournament.
São Paulo returned with strength to the Libertadores final in 2005. It was the 46th edition of the competition, and the match ended with two Brazilian teams facing each other, São Paulo and Atlético Paranaense.
The first meeting took place at the Beira Rio stadium, in Porto Alegre, and ended in a 1-1 draw, but in the second, the tricolor took the lead and ended up breaking the storm led by Antônio Lopes, and inflicted a 4-0 defeat on , in 1990. thus becoming three-time Copa América champion.
São Paulo's coach is currently Paulo Autuori and has a good squad, including Rogério Ceni, Cicinho, Lugano, Amoroso, Josué, Danilo and other great players.
However, in the following 2006, still inspired by the third division of the Libertadores and the triumph over Liverpool in the World Cup, the Morumbi tricolor could not deny Internacional the one from Porto Alegre, then coached by Abel Braga. Colorado has just taken the trophy from current world champion São Paulo.
Abel's team beat Morumbi 2-1 and drew 2-2 with Porto Alegre. After a 97-year wait, he won America's first Freedom Cup. Even Muricy Ramalho, in command of a team of stars, such as Rogério Ceni, Lugano, Ricardo Oliveira (who did not qualify for the final), and others, was unable to stop Internacional from making them a reality.
Tricolor Morumbi has an unbeaten record in the Libertadores so far. It is the only Brazilian team to have won three consecutive matches in this competition, in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Despite being recent years, no Brazilian team has managed to win more than three titles. And before Flamengo and Palmeiras stop being bi with a new acquisition, who knows, who knows, maybe São Paulo will get the unprecedented tetra?