With two goals from, the 3-0 and advanced at the Allianz Parque. Palmeiras sought to be purposeful since the initial whistle, with throws by the tips mainly. However, soon 12 minutes, the alviverde team had to deal with a Felipe Anderson injury. The player complained of thigh pain and was taken from the field to Mayke’s entrance. Gradually, Ceará was able to set himself and attend the Palmeiras defense field. The new posture of visitors opened spaces for some alviverdes counterattacks. In fact, the home team created good opportunities with Stephen, Aníbal Moreno and Mayke, but the lack of whim when finishing caused damage. The rhythm of the game was dramatically falling over time. The match was monotonous with no major moves aside. It looked like the draw was satisfying the two opponents.
At 44 minutes, the tension took over the Allianz Parque. Pedro Henrique received a pass in depth, dribbled the goalkeeper and scored the goal. The assistant, but signaled the impediment that was later confirmed by VAR. In the return of the second half, the two teams managed to be more acute and sighs from the fan. Zero was getting closer to leaving the score of the Palmeirense Arena. At 18 minutes, Stephen broke into the area on the right side and, as he approached the goal, was touched by the defender of Ceará. VAR advised Anderson Daronco to review the monitor’s bid. The referee then scored the penalty to Palmeiras. At 22, Stephen went to the charge, the goalkeeper defended, but in rebound the young man did not waste and put the home team in advantage.
The goal gave Stephen motivation to seek even more. Two minutes later, shirt 41 tore off the left, entered the area, pedaled and sent a blow, without defense to Fernando Miguel, to sacrament the Palmeirense classification. In the end, there was still time for Palmeiras to expand the marker. Mayke carried in the middle and launched to López, who won the battle with the defender of Ceará and kicked to score the third goal Alviverde at 42.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Sarah Paula
