On Saturday (22), alviverde says goodbye to Allianz Parque: it plays its last home game of the year against Fluminense, at 9:30 pm
O played a bad game at home this Wednesday and stumbled when he couldn’t. The goalless draw with No. robbed the Alviverde team of the possibility of returning to the top of the Brasileirão, albeit on a provisional basis.
To make matters worse, Palmeiras could see Flamengo open up considerable distance at the top. Today, they have 69 points and their rival from Rio, 71. They will have to pull out the red and black in the classic with Fluminense tonight. With 36 points, Vitória continues its fight not to fall. It remains in the relegation zone – it is 17th place, behind Santos.
Palmeiras’ first half was quite bad, as they were used to dominating their rivals at home. That didn’t happen tonight. The host team even started under pressure, but it was innocuous and light pressure, with no results and little offensive production.
Without the majority of their squad, all on the bench and worn out after representing Paraguay, Uruguay and , Palmeiras struggled to create and attack.
Only Allan, cast as a winger, gave the Bahians’ defense some trouble. Bruno Rodrigues did not take advantage of the chance given to him. He gave himself up to marking and, in the only chance he had, he scored after Allan lined up three markers and finished strongly.
Comfortable, Vitória took control of the match. He exchanged passes, started to come out little by little and caused problems with balls stretched into the area. If the attackers had had more quality, they would have gone into half-time with an advantage.
On Saturday, Palmeiras says goodbye to Allianz Parque. He plays his last home game of the year against Fluminense, at 9:30 pm. Afterwards, there will be three consecutive clashes away from home for the Brasileirão, in addition to the Libertadores final in Lima.
Abel Ferreira made use of Vitor Roque and Felipe Anderson at halftime. Palmeiras registered a slight improvement and indicated that they would intensify the pressure. In fact, it was even more dangerous with Roque’s bike and Allan’s individual moves. After one of them, Veiga missed a goal on a rebound that he couldn’t have. Goalkeeper Thiago Couto began to become the protagonist of the game in that move.
But it was little. Very little for those who want to be champions. There were excessive stretches and crosses and poor football, insufficient to overcome one of the worst defenses in the championship. In the heat, he still created three chances. Roque and Facundo lost and Felipe Anderson stopped in an impressive save from Thiago Couto.
Technical sheet
Palmeiras 0-0 Vitória
PALMEIRAS – Carlos Miguel; Bruno Fuchs, Murilo, Micael (Felipe Anderson); Allan, Andreas Pereira, Raphael Veiga (Aníbal Moreno), Mauricio (Facundo Torres) and Jefté (Gustavo Gómez); Bruno Rodrigues (Vitor Roque) and Flaco López. Coach: Abel Ferreira.
VITÓRIA – Thiago Couto; Edu, Camutanga, Lucas Halter; Cáceres, Baralhas (Ricardo Ryller), Willian Oliveira (Dudu) and Ramon; Cantalapiedra (Matheuzinho), Renzo López (Renato Kayzer) and Erick (Lucas Braga). Coach: Jair Ventura.
REFEREE – Lucas Paulo Torezin (PR).
YELLOW CARDS – Erick, Lucas Halter, Aníbal Moreno, Andreas Pereira, Baralhas and Cantalapiedra.
RED CARD – Andreas Pereira.
AUDIENCE – 39,080 fans.
INCOME – R$ 2,632,317.00.
LOCATION – Allianz Parque, in São Paulo (SP).
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Published by Nátaly Tenório
