palm trees surpassed this Saturday Corinthians with a tight 0-1, thanks to an own goal caused by the Uruguayan side Joaquin Piquerezin the São Paulo derby between the two leading teams of the Brazilian Championship.
In this duel of Portuguese benches, the team Abel Ferrera continued his good form in the Neo Chemistry Arena and extended to nine points their advantage over those of Vitor Pereira, that could lose this weekend the second position.
The fairest thing would have been a draw, but the Verdiblanco team is in a state of grace. Win almost unintentionally.
On Wednesday they qualified for the semifinals of the Libertadores Cup, where he defends the titles of the 2020 and 2021 editions, in an epic match against Atletico Mineiroin which they resisted with two fewer players and ended up passing in the penalty shootout.
Today, he once again had those doses of champion fortune, supported once again by an excellent performance by his goalkeeper, the Brazilian international Wéverton.
The winning goal came in the 71st minute and had its origin in a failed change of direction by Fagner.
Palmeiras quickly armed the counterattack between Dudu, Wesley and Piquerezwho crossed low from the left wing and Rony, unintentionally, he put the ball into his own goal.
Until then, the game had been very balanced, with phases even of superiority of Corinthians, who has just lost his top star, the Brazilian winger Williamtired of the threats that he and his family had been receiving, according to what he said.
The premises, recently eliminated in rooms of the Liberators at the hands of flamingo, They came out with looser legs and had three clear chances in the first fifteen minutes, but Wéverton was there, an insurmountable wall.
Palmeiras responded with a header from Murilo and a cross shot from Rony.
those of Pereirameanwhile, continued to look for cracks in the visitors’ solid defensive block, with René Augustuswho returned to the title two months later, as chief engineer.
The harassment intensified in the second half. Renato Augusto again frightened Weverton from outside the area and Argentine midfielder Fausto Vera became more present in the creation zone.
But when it seemed Corinthians was going to break the Palmeiran resistance, the own goal came from roni to unbalance a derby that leaves Palmeiras more leader, with 48 points after 22 games, and almost without rivals towards the League title.
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