The Portuguese coaches Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras) and Vítor Pereira (Corinthians) face the classic with different realities.
On the one hand, Ferreira arrives as a hero after the difficult classification on Wednesday, in definition by charges from the penalty spot, to the semifinal of the Copa Libertadores, a tournament in which he is the current two-time champion.
Palmeiras, with nine players in regulation time, eliminated Atlético Mineiro de Belo Horizonte.
On the other, Corinthians, who said goodbye to the Libertadores after their defeat in Rio de Janeiro against Flamengo, concentrates all its efforts on the Brazilian League and seeks to shorten the six point difference that separates it from Palmeiras.
Paraguayan defenders Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras) and Fabián Balbuena (Corinthians) would start from the start in their respective teams.
The twenty-second day of the Brazilian Championship Series A will have another three games on Saturday: Goiás receives in Goiania Avaí from Florianópolis, led by veteran Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero; Cuiabá plays at home against Juventude de Caxías and in Rio de Janeiro Botafogo will host Atlético Goianiense.
Goianiense, despite being penultimate in the tournament, arrives with high spirits after advancing to the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana after eliminating Uruguayan Nacional de Montevideo, led by striker Luis Suárez.
The date will continue on Sunday, when Atlético Mineiro, last Brazilian champion, visits Coritiba, led by Paraguayan coach Gustavo Morínigo; Sao Paulo, strengthened by also advancing to the semifinal of the South American, host Bragantino from São Paulo, and Ceará and Fortaleza star in their city’s derby.
Flamengo, fifth in the table, will host Athletico Paranaense de Curitiba at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro, led by experienced coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, fourth in the standings and who also advanced to one of the semifinals of the Libertadores, in which will measure against Palmeiras.
The matches between América de Belo Horizonte and Santos from São Paulo, reinforced with the return of Venezuelan creative Yeferson Soteldo, and Internacional de Porto Alegre against Fluminense from Rio de Janeiro, led by Argentine striker Germán Ezequiel Cano and third in the standings, complete the day.
The entrance Palmeiras and Corinthians star in the classic of pointers in the Brazilian League was first published in diary TODAY.
