Rony is a protagonist at Arena Barueri and helps Abel Ferreira’s team confirm their leadership in the Paulistão general classification
Undefeated in the group stage for the third consecutive year and leader in the overall standings. In terms of numbers, Palmeiras continues to be overwhelming, but boring football is a concern in 2024. On Saturday, the team repeated the dose of pragmatism, played a limited match and, despite all the setbacks, came out from the field with the victory for 1 to 0 on Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, for the 12th and final test of the initial phase of the Paulista Championship.
Not even the absence of Endrick and Zé Rafael in the starting lineup can be attributed to what we saw at the Arena Barueri. The team had an extra player on the pitch for almost 60 minutes and did little. Rony was the protagonist: he caused a red card and scored a goal. In the group stage, Palmeiras’ best performance was the classic against Corinthians, which ended in a draw that smacked of failure. The symptoms are clear and the gear gives the impression that it might stop turning.
Palmeiras finishes top of Group B, with 28 points. This result guarantees the team to stay at home until the semi-finals. Now, Abel Ferreira’s team awaits Ponte Preta or Água Santa, who will face Santo André and Corinthians respectively on Sunday at 4pm.
Palmeiras had a very weak first half and didn’t come out from scratch
The first movements showed Botafogo more lively and eager to attack. Ribeirão Preto’s team applied pressure and brought a series of difficulties to the home team. Palmeiras can’t even come back.
As the minutes passed, Palmeiras took possession of the ball and began to circulate in the Botafogo area. However, the visitors remained more dangerous. Alviverde’s disappointment contrasted with an referee’s decision. In the 37th minute the referee sent off defender Matheus Costa for shooting Rony, realizing it was a clear goal.
Even with one more player, Palmeiras managed to be effective. The first half was so bad that, besides the refereeing, the main problem was Raphael Veiga’s broken tooth in a collision with an opposing player.
Rony saves Palmeiras at Arena Barueri
Palmeiras returned to a more alert complementary phase. Some actions were created, López missed a clear goal, but it served to demonstrate that the team wanted to leave the field with the victory. In rare moments, in fact, Palmeiras behaved like a team with one more player on the pitch. It seemed that Botafogo continued with 11 on the pitch, much more due to the hunger of Alviverde than the competence of the guests.
The insistence on aerial games showed a creative inability on the part of Abel’s team and, despite this, it had the desired effect. Mayke crossed for Rony, who headed Palmeiras ahead in the 23rd minute.
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Rony heads in and puts Palmeiras in front of the scoreboard!#GolNovibet #public pic.twitter.com/yrw0zNnxHh
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The goal did not affect the performance of either team. Palmeiras continued to play a technically weak match and Botafogo did their best to get the result. The score, however, remained in favor of the home team until the final whistle.
PALMEIRAS 1 x 0 BOTAFOGO DE RIBEIRÃO PRETO
- PALMS: Weverton; Mayke (Marcos Rocha), Luan, Murilo and Piquerez (Vanderlan); Aníbal Moreno, Richard Ríos and Raphael Veiga (Breno Lopes); Lázaro (Caio Paulista), Flaco López and Rony. Technician: Abel Ferreira.
- BOTAFOGO:Michael; Wallison, Matheus Costa, Bernardo Schappo, Lucas Dias and Jean Victor; Matheus Barbosa (João Maranini) and Fillipe Soutto (Carlos Manuel); Emerson Negueba (Thássio), Alex Sandro (Leandro Pereira) and Patrick Brey (Pedro Rodrigues). Technician: Paolo Gomes.
- OBJECTIVE: Rony, 23 minutes into the second half.
- REFEREE: João Vitor Gobi.
- YELLOW CARDS: Moreno, Lázaro, Fillipe Soutto and Jean Victor.
- RED CARD: Matteo Costa.
- PUBLIC: 11,598 present.
- INCOME: R$ 460,147.00.
- LOCAL: Arena Barueri.
Source: Terra
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