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The Brazilian league format, with its points system, has effectively made this latest defeat inconsequential. For São Paulo, the real stakes had disappeared several rounds prior to the match against Grêmio, leading to a stark lack of motivation that permeated the team’s performance in their subsequent games. The analysis centered around this lack of urgency suggests that the club's trajectory could have been different had they maintained their competitive resolve earlier in the season.