This time who laughs is Palmeirense. The recent fate to get bad with Botafogo ended on the lawn of Philadelphia.
Palmeiras follows in the fight for the unprecedented conquest and to bury the last mocking made by the rivals.
Eliminated the current Brazilian and continental champion, which is no little. And the green shirt spoke much louder at the time of let’s see.
Abel Ferreira, in the phase of peace and love, can continue to distribute smiles and feed the dream of so many people.
Botafogo that turns around, now without defender Jair Cunha and scorer Igor Jesus, both on the way to Nottingham Forest, as well as the alarming financial crisis of his owner, business actor John Texor.
It was 90 minutes of absolute predominance alviverde, classic one team, with John shining three times to avoid the defeat alvinegra in normal time, which would be fair, even with Abel Ferreira’s mistake in taking Stephen in the second half.
Until justice was done and, in the minute 100, without crying or candle, Paulinho, still far from 100% physically, invaded the area to make a beautiful goal by winning John with billiards.
Without Piquerez and Gustavo Gómez, suspended, Palmeiras is in the quarterfinals because he had the courage that missed the rival.
Bye-bye, Bayern?
If Flamengo dispatch the mighty Bayern Munich on Sunday (29), in Miami, at 17h of Brasilia, in the heat of more than 30 ° C, it has reached a feat almost the size of that obtained by Fluminense over PSG, with the difference, substantial, of being in eliminatory game.
To reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup with victory over the eternal German champions alone would be enough to justify the presence of Flamengo in the United States, although we know all that the next challenge will always be the most important.
Bayern is a favorite, has better players-a ninth of them Martian, register-is at the end of the season, will face warm to German any defect, besides the motivated, more whole and good Brazilian team.
Filipe Luis has said that he will honor the DNA of Gávea, that his team will not be looking at Bayern with the ball, which will also seek it and, it seems, will leave Dom Arrascaeta and Pedro in the bench, to use them fresh in the second half.
We will see if the young coach will climb the younger or the most experienced sides, whether Wesley and Ayrton Lucas or Varela and Alex Sandro. Will you go with the duo of Leos or will veteran Danilo be in the defender?
One doubt there is no: this is the game that generates the greatest world expectation in the octaves, more interesting until Real Madrid and Juventus.
The teacher
At 90, Ruy Carlos Ostermann said goodbye.
The teacher, as called by all, mixed philosophy, graduated from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul who was, with football and pioneered by spreading very particular view of the game.
First sports journalist of national reach outside the Rio-São Paulo axis, the teacher misses a lot and a style that will be forever.
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