The ‘Verdao’ came from behind Tiquinho Soares’s initial goal and ended up winning 1-3
Scarpa equalized from a penalty, Mayke completed the comeback and Dudu put the shot on the scoreboard
palm trees was imposed this Monday going back to Botafogo by 1-3 in Rio de Janeiro, and extended to ten points his advantage at the head of the Brazilian Championship standings, with nine rounds to go.
In a duel between Portuguese coaches, the team led by Abel Ferreira slowly undid the team coached by Luis Castro, who took a pyrrhic lead through striker Tiquinho Soares at Nilton Santos Stadium. That advantage vanished shortly after, when midfielder Gabriel Pires touched the ball with his hand inside the box. Child penalty and goal Gustavo Scarpa for the São Paulo team. Paraguayan goalkeeper Roberto ‘Gatito’ Fernández could do little. And, before the break, the Uruguayan winger Joaquín Piquerez advanced down the left, left his marker with a nice cut and crossed low to Maykewhich certified the comeback.
After the restart, Pires made another mistake in an offensive drive and gave possession to Dudu, who, after a good connection with Rony and Danilo, made it 1-3. Palmeiras wanted to add emotion to the match with the expulsion for double yellow card for midfielder Zé Rafael when there were still twenty minutes to go before the final whistle, but Botafogo could not get close.
For his part, Endrick Moreira, the greatest young promise in Brazilian football today, had to remain on the bench again, waiting to make his debut with the first team. The striker, on the agenda of several of the most powerful clubs in Europe, including Real Madrid and Barcelona, is breaking records at the Palmeiras base, but Ferreira is reluctant to make him debut with the first team. The Portuguese coach defends that the 16-year-old attacker has to comply with a schedule to adapt to elite professional football.
With this victory, Palmeiras leads the Brazilian League with 63 points, ten more than Internacional de Porto Alegre, who beat Santos 1-0 on Saturday and took second place in the standings on matchday 29. Third placed is Fluminense, who lost 2-0 to Atlético Mineiro, the current champion, although this year they are in the middle of the table, like Botafogo.