He Palmeiras beat this Saturday 4-1 Youth and escapes at the top of the Brazilian Championship, which he now leads alone and with a three-point advantage over the Flamengo. Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira had to improvise due to the absence of several of his starters, but Juventude, which occupies the penultimate position in the standings, could not measure up even against a completely decimated team.
Raphael Veiga opened the scoring and Bruno Rodrigues scored the second before the break. In the second stage, two more goals, scored by Bruno Fuchs and Felipe Anderson, and Rodrigo Sam’s discount for the final 4-1.
Ferreira could not count on several important pieces, such as the Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez, the Uruguayans Emiliano Martínez and Facundo Torres and the Argentines Aníbal Moreno and José Manuel ‘Flaco’ López, all these days with their respective teams.
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Vitor Roque was also not there due to suspension, but the substitutes responded, completely dominated the game and scored, to take Palmeiras to 58 points, three more than Flamengo and six above Cruzeiro, which is in third position. Fourth is the surprising Mirassol, which this year debuts in the First Division and has 46 points, which keeps it distant from the leaders.
