In second place in the Brazilian Championship, Palmeiras still has a mathematical chance of being champion, but the task is very difficult.
The alviverde team enters the field this Wednesday (10) against Atlético-GO —at 20:30 (GMT), at Allianz Parque (Premiere)—, with 55 points, ten behind the leader and favorite for the title, Atlético-MG.
If they want to be champion, the alviverde team will need a more complicated feat, perhaps, than the feat Grêmio needs to achieve if they want to escape Serie B in 2022.
The difference between the Grêmio team, runner-up at the Brasileiro, to Santos, the first team out of the relegation zone for Serie B, was nine points before the games in this 31st round (26 to 35), a smaller distance from than the one that separates Palmeiras and Atleticans.
Grêmio still has a game less than Santos (29 to 30). Pameiras, on the other hand, has the same number of clashes as Atlético-MG (30), but will still have a direct confrontation against their rival.
Despite the thankless mission, Abel Ferreira’s team arrives packed to face Atlético-GO since, last Sunday (7), they won the derby against Santos, away from home, by 2-0.
In addition, the team comes from a streak of six games without losing at the Brazilian Nationals, with five consecutive victories (Grêmio, Sport, Ceará and Internacional were the other victims of the Palestinians).
More than that, keeping the good campaign means reaching even more motivated to the Libertadores final, on the 27th, when they will face Flamengo, a club that is experiencing a moment of instability at Nacional.
Atlético-GO has two consecutive defeats, both 2-0, first to Sport and then to Rio de Janeiro.
The Flamengo team, by the way, is the other competitor in the attempt to take the Brazilian title from Minas Gerais.
The distance to the leader Atlético-MG is, at the moment, even greater: 11 points. However, the red-black team has one game less than their rivals.
So, if you win the late duel you have to do, you’ll be at least eight points away from the top of the table.
Flamengo could still be in a better situation if they hadn’t stumbled on Monday (8) against Chapecoense, lantern of the championship. They only drew 2-2 and saw their rivals distance themselves.
For Palmeiras, the game against Atlético-GO also marks the first that the team will play at home and with 100% of the bleachers released.
On Monday, the state of São Paulo did not record any deaths from coronaviruses.
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