With the victory, the Tricolor plays the draw at the Allianz Parque
In the first duel of the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals, São Paulo beat Palmeiras 1-0 with a great goal from right-back Rafinha. Morumbi received an audience of over 54,000 people and the cheering from the stands was essential for the result, as was the beautiful football given by the Tricolor, cornering Palmeiras and giving Alviverde few chances.
SURPRISES BEFORE THE BALL BREAKS
The teams surprised in the lineups for the match. At the San Paolo side, Calleri was snapped up at the last minute and started to play. In addition to him, Michel Araújo was on the bench, returning after a long absence due to injuries. At Palmeiras, led by assistant coach João Martins, he started with three defenders (Luan, Gustavo Gómez and Murilo), Richard Ríos in midfield and young Endrick up front.
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FIRST TIME
In a tense match due to Palmeiras’ complaints about refereeing and the many absences from São Paulo, the first half was full of strategy, marking and with the teams studying each other. Verdão started to have more ball possession and control the game in the first 25 minutes, but Tricolore dominated the game for the rest of the half and had the best chances.
The first with Calleri, who receives a nice throw from Arboleda, dribbles Weverton, but loses the corner and goes wide. The second is with Wellington Rato, who gets rid of the marking and shoots hard from long range, but the Palmeiras goalkeeper is well positioned and widens. Palmeiras’ best chance came through Richard Ríos, who struck from afar.
SECOND TIME
For the second stage, Dorival Júnior made three changes: Juan, Rodriguinho and Alisson took over from Calleri, Luciano and Gabi Neves. The team came back better than Palmeiras and created more chances, especially from outside the box, but missed too much in goal and finished many play outs.
As if that weren’t enough, San Paolo had one more problem for the second leg: defender Alan Franco was replaced by Diego Costa and went off the pitch crying, suffering a lot of pain in his left ankle.
Palmeiras barely managed to play and resisted the pressure from São Paulo. He still had Luan saving at the top of the line what would have been Wellington Rato’s target. Breno Lopes, John John and Flaco López replaced Dudu, Endrick and Gabriel Menino to try to improve play creation.
But the good game of the Tricolore was compensated by a great goal. David, who entered the game well, attacks on the left wing and crosses, Weverton crushes, Rato takes the lead and rolls for Rafinha who fills with his foot and counts on a deflection of Luan’s header to send the ball into the goalkeeper’s corner . He was the first right-back with the San Paolo shirt.
ADVANTAGE OF SÃO PAULINA
With the 1-0 victory, São Paulo will be in the lead for the return match at the Allianz Parque, which will be played next Thursday (1pm), at 8pm (Brasilia time). A draw qualifies Tricolor for the semi-finals, so Palmeiras must win by two or more goals to advance. Palmeirense’s triumph with a goal takes the decision to penalties.
Source: Terra
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