Palmeiras made a mistake, but it ended in the apocalypse – 02/19/2024 – Sandro Macedo

Carnival is over, but not. Anyone who lives in São Paulo and thought the streets would be clear and the paths would be quiet last weekend was miserably mistaken.

And, on another carnival Sunday, Palmeiras and Corinthians held the Derby at Arena Barueri. But the game will probably be a topic this Monday, Tuesday, Thursday… and on many Sundays until the apocalypse. In fact, unlike Ivete Sangalo, Palmeiras made mistakes, but did not avoid the apocalypse.

The 2-2 score literally shows that no one won, and no one lost either. But the smiles and grumbles the next day say that Palmeiras were defeated. Playing at home and favored by nine out of ten Portuguese mothers-in-law (except Mother-in-law da Fiel), Palmeiras beat Corinthians in 87 minutes — to use the timetable cited by coach Abel Ferreira. In fact, the home team made tricks from the front, made moves in the middle, made moves on the sides, made moves at speed, especially with Endrick, scorer of the first goal, and made moves from above, with the famous aerial balls, which resulted in the second goal, from Flaco. Lopez. Cássio was beaten so badly that he left on a stretcher.

But there were those last three minutes (and additions).

It’s funny that Yuri didn’t even properly celebrate what seemed to be just the traditional goal of honor. And then there was that free kick goal that has already entered the history of the classic. Rarely has this humble scribe seen a free kick so well taken (by Garro), which, at the same time, was so easily defended. But goalkeeper Weverton, full of credit, withdrew his hand.

Interestingly, Weverton would be described as a hero in all sports programs if Piquerez had scored the free kick minutes earlier, when the black and white team already had defender Gustavo Henrique as goalkeeper. In the move that led to the foul, the Alviverde goalkeeper made a long throw that left Rony in front of Cássio, resulting in the foul that caused the Corinthians archer to be sent off.

This scribe was under the impression that, if the game had been played on the synthetic grass at Allianz Parque, the move would never have happened. The ball would hit the grass quickly and splash towards Cássio. At Arena Barueri, it fell into the grass and lost speed, which made Rony take the lead.

In the post-game interviews, as expected, Abel was spitting Lusitanian bees and became a little angry with the first question.

António Oliveira, married to Fiel’s mother-in-law’s daughter, was all pimp, but even in his joy he also gave a higher tone of response, when a journalist quoted the criticized Fausto Vera, saying that the manager had been forced to cast him. Oliveira was not happy and said that the reporter was unhappy with the placement. But always adding a “thanks for the question”. Oliveira seems to have another watch too when he says that Corinthians dominated the last 20 minutes. I don’t think even Fiel’s mother-in-law would agree with him.

Woman really fills

The Corinthians team that always brings joy to the fans is the female team. And the Brabas, as they are called, won the Supercup title against Cruzeiro, with an audience of 33,175 fans. To compare, Botafogo 2 x 4 Vasco, in Engenhão, had just over 25 thousand attendees.

In fact, also this weekend, the Women’s Premier League recorded the biggest audience in the history of the competition, with 60,160 fans at the Emirates to see Arsenal’s victory (woohoo) against Manchester United. It’s worth saying that it’s not often that the London team makes Emirates available to the girls. They often play in stadiums with fewer than 5,000 witnesses. This Saturday, they proved that they can do much more. Woman’s game fills.

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