On August 17, 1975, São Paulo beat Portuguesa 3-0 on penalties, after a 1-1 aggregate score over two deciding matches, and won the 1975 Campeonato Paulista, the 11th in the club's history.
The story of that **** le, however, begins a little more than nine months earlier, when Tricolor, on November 10, 1974, at Pacaembu, lost 2-1 to Palmeiras in a match from that season's Paulistão. The scoreline, seemingly irrelevant in the long run, would mark the start of a streak that São Paulo fans have never seen repeated to this day: 47 matches unbeaten.
From November 13, 1974, to August 3, 1975, São Paulo did not know defeat. There were 36 wins and 11 draws, with 39 of those matches counting for the Campeonato Paulista (either from 1974 — eight matches — or from 1975 — 31 clashes).
It was in the midst of this fine run that the Tricolor, coached by Jose Poy, began its 1975 Paulistão campaign. The tournament had one of the most controversial and complicated sets of rules of all time, with changes made during the competition itself.
It was contested by 19 teams in two stages, with the winners of each stage playing for the **** le in two final matches, unless one team won both stages. So far, so good. However, while the first stage was decided simply in a round-robin format, the second…
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The story of that **** le, however, begins a little more than nine months earlier, when Tricolor, on November 10, 1974, at Pacaembu, lost 2-1 to Palmeiras in a match from that season's Paulistão. The scoreline, seemingly irrelevant in the long run, would mark the start of a streak that São Paulo fans have never seen repeated to this day: 47 matches unbeaten.
From November 13, 1974, to August 3, 1975, São Paulo did not know defeat. There were 36 wins and 11 draws, with 39 of those matches counting for the Campeonato Paulista (either from 1974 — eight matches — or from 1975 — 31 clashes).
It was in the midst of this fine run that the Tricolor, coached by Jose Poy, began its 1975 Paulistão campaign. The tournament had one of the most controversial and complicated sets of rules of all time, with changes made during the competition itself.
It was contested by 19 teams in two stages, with the winners of each stage playing for the **** le in two final matches, unless one team won both stages. So far, so good. However, while the first stage was decided simply in a round-robin format, the second…
#paulista #tricolor
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