The ‘Verdao’ came back in extremis to Sao Paulo and won 1-2 with a goal in the 90th minute and another in added time
The Paulistas thus accumulate 28 points, with an advantage of 3 over Corinthians, after a game that ended with tangana
palm treeswith a goal from Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez in the 90th minute and another from Murilo in added time, signed a epic 1-2 comeback to defeat Sao Paulo in the São Paulo classic and remain the sole leader of the Brazilian Championship. The team of the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, champion of the last two editions of the Copa Libertadores, suffered to take the three points in the Morumbí, in the match that closed the thirteenth day and that ended with brawl between the players of both teams.
The Verdiblanco team, which has now gone 19 games without losing, was enough for the last six minutes to sentence a Sao Paulo team that went ahead in the 17th minute through Patrick, who took advantage of an unfortunate deflection by Gabriel Menino to open the scoring. That goal had to overcome the VAR analysis between the protests of the Palmeiras players, who insistently claimed that the Sao Paulo midfielder helped himself to beat Weverton. Those led by Ferreira would request a penalty on Rony minutes later in a dispute with the local goalkeeper, but the referee Anderson Daronco and the VAR ruled out the maximum penalty.
In the second half, Morumbí’s Tricolor settled for a tight 1-0 in their favor and ended up giving the initiative to Palmeiras in the hope of catching a counterattack and finishing the job. That strategy broke down with the header of Gomez in the 90th minute and the shot of his partner in defense, the Brazilian murilloat the exit of a corner that silenced the Morumbí fans in the last play of the match.
With this victory, Palmeiras has 28 points and remains the sole leader of the Brazilian Championship, with a three-point lead over Corinthians, who beat Goiás at home on Sunday (1-0). Sao Paulo remains in a discreet ninth position, with a provisional record of four wins, six draws and three losses.
Palmeiras and Sao Paulo will meet again this Thursday in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup.
