Palmeiras plays to avoid the “great shame” and be champions of Sao Paulo with a new round

Palmeiras plays to avoid the “great shame” and be champions of Sao Paulo with a new round


As in 2022, when they applied a historic comeback in São Paulo, the alviverde team tries to reverse Água Santa’s advantage to lift the trophy

abel Ferreira find out this Sunday, at the Allianz Parque, if Palmeiras will overcome “a great embarrassment”, as the Portuguese coach himself said a week ago, or if the alviverde team is able to overturn the disadvantage created with the loss against Água Santa in the first game from the end of Paulistan and win, for the second consecutive year, the State.

For the second consecutive edition, Palmeiras have the challenge of overturning the confrontation to lift the cup. The task is now less demanding than last year, when he applied 4 to 0 in São Paulo after taking 3 to 1 in the duel. “I have no doubt we are confident of reversing this scoreline,” said the midfielder Raphael Veiga.

Considering that history reconstructed on the tricolor team and other feats of Abel Ferreira’s team, coach, athletes and fans are confident in a new turning point. This time the team had to win by two goals to keep the trophy, the 25th in its history. If you win by the smallest difference, the state title will be settled on penalties.

“We will either embarrass ourselves or back off,” said Abel Ferreira after watching his side be beaten 2-1 by Água Santa in Barueri. “The museum lives from the past. We live from a competitive attitude, will and conviction. From the ambition to win titles,” he explained.

The mission to overthrow Água Santa’s lead comes at an unfavorable moment for Palmeiras in the season, the worst this year. That’s two defeats in a row, something that hasn’t happened since November 2021 to a team that was, until a week ago, undefeated in the year.

The bet for another trophy is Endrick, the good news in a bad week for Palmeiras. The youngster was one of the few who saved himself in the first duel of the Paulistão final. He came on in the second half, scored Palmeiras’ goal, his first of the year, and showed himself ready to be a starter again after a long time on the bench. It is probable that he will regain ownership and Breno Lopes will return to the bench.

Abel had little time to rebuild the morale of his athletes. There have only been three training sessions since Bolívar’s tough setback in La Paz. Almost all starters remained at the San Paolo and did not play in the debut of the Libertadores. Therefore, they are rested and focused for the state decision. Only Gabriel Menino, among the 11 starters in the duel at the Allianz Parque, played a few minutes against the Bolivians at high altitude.

The victims are Mayke, second full-back in the medical department, where the Uruguayan Piquerez was already recovering from an ankle sprain, and midfielder Bruno Tabata, who is being treated for a thigh muscle injury, as well as the Colombian Atuesta, who is expected to return to the field lawns only in the second half.

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Água Santa relies on its top scorer, Bruno Mezenga, to win the title and establish itself among the main teams in São Paulo. Today an organized society, the Diadema team played floodplain games until 2011, the year in which they turned professional.

“It’s our opportunity. Maybe we don’t have another one, it’s our opportunity to write history with the Diadema community,” said Mezenga.

The goals scored by Diadema’s top scorer – there are seven in the Paulistão – have aroused the interest of Santos, who have an agreement with the athlete.

Mezenga, a ball walker, is named after the soap opera “Rei do Gado”, by Rede Globo. At 34, Diadema is the 15th different club in the forward’s career revealed by Flamengo. It could be the first in which the number 9 shirt lifts the Scudetto trophy as a reference for the squad.

PALMS X HOLY WATER

PALMS: Weverton; Marcos Rocha, Gustavo Gomez, Murilo and Vanderlan; Zé Rafael, Gabriel Menino and Raphael Veiga; Dudu, Ron and Endrick. Coach: Abel Ferreira.

HOLY WATER: Ygor Vineyards; Reginaldo, Marcondes, Didi and Gabriel Inocêncio; Thiaguinho, Igor Henrique and Luan Dias; Lucas Tocantins, Bruno Mezenga and Junior Todinho. Technician: Thiago Carpini.

Judge: Raphael Claus.

Time: 4pm.

Local: AllianzParque.

Streaming: Paulistão Play, Youtube, Premiere, Record TV, HBO Max.

Source: Terra

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