Have the champions really returned? São Paulo move up to 4th

Adriano celebrates against Corinthians

"O campeão voltou" or ‘the champions are back" was the cry coming from the 28,000 or so who were in the estádio Morumbi to see São Paulo beat an in-form Goiás 3-1.

For most of this season, São Paulo have languished in the wrong half of the table.