O Palm trees won the International 3-1 on Thursday night (12), at the Beira-Rio stadium, in the third round of the Brazilian Championship. Verdão’s goals were scored by Gustavo Gómez, Vitor Roque and Andreas Pereira, while Ronaldo scored for Colorado.
With the result, Palmeiras took the lead in the table, with seven points. Internacional, in turn, fell to 19th place, with just one point.
How was the game
Gustavo Gomez opened the scoring for Palmeiras in the 22nd minute of the first half. The defender rose higher than Internacional’s defense after a corner kick and headed it into the back of the goal.
At 35, Internacional responded with a counterattack, after Allan Elias wasted a chance for Palmeiras. Ronaldo He took advantage of the rebound of a shot by Alan Patrick, deflected by the Alviverde defense, and scored a great goal in the corner to equalize.
Victor Roque expanded to 6 in the second stage. The attacker invaded the area at speed, pulled in past Mercado and shot. The ball deflected off Félix Torres and ended up covering goalkeeper Rochet.
The third goal for Abel Ferreira’s team came in the 36th minute. Luighi got the ball after a mistake by Mercado near the area. Afterwards, he played for Lucas Evangelista, who left it in the middle to Andreas finish.
Inter still had the chance to pull one back in the final minutes, but didn’t make the most of the opportunity, and the match ended in a 3-1 victory for Palmeiras.
Fourth round of the Brasileirão
Palmeiras’ next match will be against , on Wednesday (25), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Arena Barueri. Internacional faces , at 7pm on the same day, at Mangueirão.
