On Wednesday (21), the Under-20s thrashed União-TO 7–0 at CFA Laudo Natel in Cotia, São Paulo, securing a place in the quarterfinals of the Under-20 Copa do Brasil. João Costa, Igão, Matheus Ferreira, Renan, Robert and Igor Felisberto scored for the Tricolor, who also benefited from an own goal.

From the opening whistle, the Tricolor dominated the match and sought a more emphatic scoreline than in the first leg, when they came from behind to win 2–1 with goals from Matheus Menezes and Renan. In the 13th minute, after a scramble in the penalty area, João Costa opened the scoring and became the competition’s leading scorer with six goals. In the 21st minute, Igão doubled the lead from a Marvin Ávila assist, moving into second place in the scoring charts. Two minutes later, João Costa set up Matheus Ferreira, who scored the third to give the Tricolor a 3–0 halftime lead.

In the 17th minute of the second half, Robert, who had just come on, dribbled past the defenders and laid the ball off for Renan to extend the lead. In the 24th minute, Robert got on the scoresheet himself, heading home a fine cross from Igor Felisberto. In the 34th minute, the Tricolor scored their sixth through an own goal. To round off the rout, Igor Felisberto scored a superb free kick from outside the penalty area in the 40th minute.

The team’s next match is on Monday (26) at 3 p.m., when they face Palmeiras in the Choque-Rei derby in the first leg of the Campeonato Paulista quarterfinals, with coverage on TNT Sports. Their next opponents in the Copa do Brasil have yet to be confirmed.

Credits: Fernando Roberto / São Paulo FC

Credits: Fernando Roberto / São Paulo FC

Credits: Fernando Roberto / São Paulo FC

Credits: Fernando Roberto / São Paulo FC

Credits: Fernando Roberto / São Paulo FC

Credits: Fernando Roberto / São Paulo FC

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The Toronto Maple Leafs won again, this time defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday, October 20.

Easton Cowan, Auston Matthews, and Jack Roslovic all stole the spotlight after the game, though the first two drew the most discussion.

Easton Cowan scored a goal and recorded two assists, while Matthews finished with a goal and an assist. Last season, questions lingered about how high Matthews would go this year after falling short in several situations.

However, so far this season, Matthews has shown that he remains an elite player and that, as long as he is healthy and comfortable, he can make a difference.

On Wednesday, October 21, Nick Alberga and Jay Rosehill discussed Matthews’ current form on the postgame edition of Daily Faceoff’s “The Leafs Morning Take.”

Rosehill explained that young players like Cowan and Gavin McKenna benefit Matthews, noting that the star forward appears happier, even when sitting on the bench and chatting with his younger teammates.

He said, “Yeah, for sure. Those two guys (Cowan and Matthews), if you got to pick two, are standing out for me.”

“Austin speaks for itself. He’s had two off years. Obviously, most people understand that he wasn’t healthy. They’re very ho-hum or hush-hush about that. Flying to Germany, getting things looked at. There was a surgeon down in Phoenix talking about his back or neck.”

“So everyone’s trying to read between the lines. But by all accounts, he looks like a different person this year. We were hoping that would be the case last year coming out of training camp. It just wasn’t. It just didn’t come to fruition.”

“This year, you see him laughing and smiling on the bench with Cowan and with McKenna. These guys seem to have, you know, a new exuberance with this youth around them, and I absolutely love to see it.”

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Grant Afseth: Final: Rockets 128, Mavs 110 Cooper Flagg: 32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK Marcus Sasser: 17 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL Naji Marshall: 16 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL Kyrie Irving: 15 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL Kevin Durant: 30 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK Jabari Smith Jr.: 30 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 2 STL Alperen Şengün: 23 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST Dallas (0-1) faces Indiana on the road on Friday.

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Heat Central: Giannis on what went wrong tonight: “Trust. We have to trust what we doing. — I don’t know if it’s jitters or excitement from first game of the season but we gotta be better. Our offense gotta be better. We have to trust one another. Our trust can’t go out the window. When things don’t go our way we have to dig in” (@WPBF_Yianni)

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