Paulista State Championship 2003 [R]

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GRUPO 1

1º União Barbarense* 13
2º Guarani * 12
3º Palmeiras* 11
4º Rio Branco-SP 9
5º Ituano 6
6º Ponte Preta 4
_ Mogi Mirim 4

GRUPO 2

1º Port. Santista* 16
2º São Paulo* 11
3º Santo André* 11
4º Santos 10
5º Paulista 7
6º Internacional-SP 4
7º Juventus-SP 0

GRUPO 3

1º São Caetano* 18
2º Corinthians* 13
3º América-SP 10
4º Portuguesa 8
5º União São João 4
6º Botafogo-SP 3
7º Marília 2

Surprises:
IN- União Barbarense, Portuguesa Santista, Santo André
OUT- SANTOS, Portuguesa de Desportes, Ponte Preta

Round of 8:
Corinthians x União Barbarense
São Caetano x Palmeiras
Port. Santista x Guarani
São Paulo x Santo André

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Corinthians* 2x1 União Barbarense
São Caetano 0x2 Palmeiras*

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Port. Santista* 0 x 0 Guarani
São Paulo* 4 x 2 Santo André

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Palmeiras 2 x 2 Corinthians
Corinthians* 4x2 Palmeiras

São Paulo 5 x 0 Portuguesa Santista
Portuguesa Santista x São Paulo

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Portuguesa Santista 0 x 1 São Paulo

Final:

Corinthians x São Paulo

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Corinthians 3 x 2 São Paulo

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After much confusion about who would get to play for two ties, both sides worried about nothing as Corinthians schooled São Paulo 3-2 in an electrifying Saturday night thriller. Both sides played the game with a man down as Corinthians' defender Kléber and SP's midfielder Reinaldo exchanged pushes and shoves in the early minutes of the match. Things didn't get better for São Paulo in the red card department when late in the game, Fabio Simplício got sent to the showers early, leaving his team a man down in the 86th minute. A disputed 2-2 tie up until this point, Corinthians didn't fail to seize the opportunity and scored two minutes later, sealing their 25th Paulista title.
SÃO PAULO
Rogério Ceni (Roger); Gabriel (Kléber), Jean, Júlio Santos and Fabiano; Júlio Baptista, Fábio Simplício, Ricardinho and Reinaldo; Itamar and Luís Fabiano
Coach: Oswaldo de Oliveira

CORINTHIANS
Doni; Rogério, Fábio Luciano, Ânderson and Kléber; Fabinho, Vampeta and Jorge Wagner (Renato); Fumagalli (Roger), Liedson and Gil
Coach: Geninho

Stadium: Morumbi, in São Paulo
Referee: Sálvio Espínola Fagundes Filho
Linesmen: Marinaldo Silva and Ana Paula Oliveira
Yellow cards: Júlio Santos (SP), Fabinho (C), Vampeta (C), Fabiano (SP), Ricardinho (SP), Rogério Ceni (SP), Anderson (C), Itamar (SP)
Red cards: Kléber (C), Reinaldo (SP), Fábio Simplício (SP)
Scoring Summary:
Liédson (C), 21min
Jorge Wagner (C) 47min
Luís Fabiano (SP) 49min
Fabiano (SP) 62min
Jorge Wagner (C) 88min

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Corinthians -- Paulista Champion 2003!!!

After the second game of the finals, which Corinthians won again by a score of 3:2, Corinthians earned the Paulista championship for the 25th time in their history.

Leading the score 2:0 going into the second half, Corinthians sucumbed to two early goals by Sao Paulo in the second half, but held on and scored again two minutes from the end of the game to win the game 3:2.

Goals by: Liedson (C), Jorge Wagner (C), Luis Fabiano (S), Fabiano (S), Jorge Wagner (C)

Almost 72,000 fans watching at the Morumbi Stadium -- the majority Corinthians fans.