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São Paulo lose 3-2 to Bahia after set-piece defensive lapse
Bahia beat São Paulo 3-2 in a Brazilian league match on Wednesday, October 28.
The game was part of the league’s 33rd round, and Bahia’s winning goal came from a set piece late in the second half.
After a free kick, Erick set up Marcos Victor to score with a header.
São Paulo coach Dorival Júnior called the lapse a collective error and said the team must correct its defending at set pieces.
He said the problem was about attention, concentration and preparation rather than tactics, and that such mistakes had cost the team points earlier in the competition.
São Paulo next face Corinthians in a local derby on Wednesday, November 4, at Vila Belmiro; Dorival said the team would prepare without any special approach.
São Paulo lost 3-2 to Bahia in the 33rd round of the Brasileirão on Wednesday, October 28.
Bahia scored the winning goal from a set piece in the 36th minute of the second half.
São Paulo coach Dorival Júnior called the defensive lapse a collective error and said the team must correct it.
Dorival said São Paulo had trained extensively to defend set pieces and that lapses in attention and concentration had hurt the team.
He said São Paulo would next prepare to face Corinthians in a derby on Wednesday the 4th.
- Who
- São Paulo and Bahia. Dorival Júnior is São Paulo’s coach.
- What
- Bahia beat São Paulo 3-2 in the 33rd round of the Brasileirão.
- When
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Bahia scored the winning goal from a set piece after São Paulo failed to defend the situation.
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São Paulo lost 3-2 to Bahia in the 33rd round of the Brasileirão.
Éverton Ribeiro delivered a free kick into the area, Erick set up the ball, and Marcos Victor headed in Bahia’s winning goal.
Dorival Júnior said São Paulo’s set-piece defending was a collective problem that the team had to correct.
São Paulo are scheduled to face Corinthians in a derby at Vila Belmiro.
- Score
- Bahia 3, São Paulo 2
- Competition round
- 33rd round of the Brasileirão
- Winning goal
- Marcos Victor headed in from a set piece
- Goal sequence
- Éverton Ribeiro took the free kick; Erick set up the ball
- Next match
- Corinthians, Wednesday the 4th, at Vila Belmiro
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What people are saying
It is a collective error and we have an obligation to correct it.
Set pieces have undermined us in several matches and, once again, it happened.
So this is not tactical; it is a matter of attention, concentration and preparation.