São Paulo, with their victory over Bahia last Saturday (25), managed to get back into the fight for a spot in the next edition of the Copa Libertadores through the Brazilian Championship. However, the path to get there puts the Tricolor in an ironic situation: competing against no less than three of the four teams from Rio de Janeiro participating in the national competition.

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According to calculations by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, São Paulo is at the greatest disadvantage in this fight for a Libertadores spot. The Tricolor has an 8.8% chance, compared to Vasco's 18.3%, Fluminense's 34.5% (which even has one game less than its competitors), Botafogo's 51.8%, and Bahia's 80.8%.