Chapecoense just pulled off only their second win in the entire 2026 Brasileirão season, and São Paulo was the unfortunate victim, dropping a brutal 1-0 decision this Sunday at Arena Condá. Think about that for a second: the Santa Catarina side hadn’t won since their 4-2 victory over Santos *seven months ago*, and São Paulo couldn’t even manage a point against them. This isn’t just a loss; it is a full-blown crisis hitting the Morumbi Tricolor, and it is getting harder to stomach with every game.
Ten Games Without a Win and No Urgency? Unbelievable.
This latest gut-punch was São Paulo’s tenth straight winless game in the Brasileirão, extending a nightmare run that stretches all the way back to April 25. That was Matchday 13, a 1-0 victory over Mirassol, and they haven’t tasted a national league win since. We’re talking about a four-month winless drought against Brazilian teams, and what’s truly infuriating is how São Paulo played against Chapecoense. The source says they maintained a “passive attitude on the pitch throughout the match, with no sense of urgency.” Are you kidding me? After all that losing, against the *bottom team in the league*, you play with no sense of urgency? It is absolutely baffling. The game itself was decided by the only goal of the match, scored by Bruno Pacheco in the first half. One goal, that’s all it took to send São Paulo deeper into this mess.
The Standings Don’t Lie: This Team Is Sliding
This fourth defeat in just six Brasileirão matches has São Paulo absolutely plummeting. They are stuck on 27 points, sitting in a dismal 13th place after the 24th round. Meanwhile, Chapecoense, despite their stunning upset, are still languishing at the bottom of the table with a mere 14 points. That puts São Paulo’s loss into even starker perspective: they gave away points to a team that is genuinely struggling to find any kind of form. This isn’t just about losing; it is about losing to the teams you absolutely *have* to beat if you want to climb out of mediocrity. The longer this goes on, the harder it will be to recover any kind of momentum, and right now, momentum is a foreign concept for this squad.
São Paulo has to turn this around, and fast. They will host RB Bragantino at MorumBIS this Saturday (29). Chapecoense tries to build on their rare victory by visiting Grêmio at the Arena on Sunday (30). For the Tricolor Paulista, that home game is a must-win, plain and simple. Another passive performance, another loss, and who knows where the bottom really is for this team. Fans deserve more than this endless string of disappointments.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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