Palmeiras beats São Bernardo and goes to the Paulista semis – 03/11/2023 – Sport

Palmeiras beat São Bernardo 1-0 on Saturday night (11), at Allianz Parque, in a match valid for the quarterfinals of the Campeonato Paulista. Ron’s goal.

Classified to the semifinals and owner of the best campaign in the competition, Abel Ferreira’s team now awaits the definition of their opponent with the matches this Sunday (12) and Monday (13). The opponent will be the team with the worst campaign among the four classified to the semifinals. Palmeiras will be the host of the match.

For this Saturday’s match, Abel opted to leave Endrick on the bench and chose Bruno Tabata, who had a good performance. Abel used all five substitutions to which he is entitled, but the young man, who stands out from the Palmeiras base and is considered very promising, did not enter the field.

São Bernardo, owner of the second best campaign in the first phase of the tournament, was not shy and even managed to be superior to Palmeiras in some moments of the first half.

In the 21st minute, Felipe Marques came face to face with Weverton, but the goalkeeper managed to save the ball. The ABC team also scared with kicks from outside the area.

Palmeiras, however, was more effective. At 41 minutes, Gabriel Menino crossed from the right for Rony, the team’s top scorer in the competition with six goals, to complete with a header into the back of the net.

The scenario changed in the second stage. Palmeiras came back better and managed to control the match more. In addition to not suffering defensively, he had chances to expand at 8, when Raphael Veiga kicked it out after a great move by Tabata on the right, and at 28, when Breno Lopes, who had replaced Dudu, received it on the left and finished for the defender. goalkeeper Alex Alves.

São Bernardo, who had the ball much less in the second half, did not give up the attack and even circled the Palmeiras area in the last few minutes, but failed to create as in the first half or have clear chances.