Palmeiras and Atlético-MG were state champions with their feet on their backs in the final games. Both with only one defeat, that of Galo, with a mixed team, to URT, in Patos de Minas.
Nothing that clouded the Minas Gerais title for the third time and the categorical victory in the decision with Cruzeiro by 3 to 1. The only defeat in Palmeiras was different, also by 3 to 1, in the first game to decide the championship.
If then it left questions about his ability to react in the return match, what was seen in the green house did not leave the slightest shadow of doubt about who is in charge of São Paulo football.
With half an hour into the game, he had already taken the advantage obtained by his rival at Morumbi and saved energy to settle the stop in the second half, with two more goals, making 4-0 and winning 5-3 on aggregate.
Two noteworthy differences between the first game and the second: the penalty given to São Paulo at home was not compensated for by another at the Palmeiras stadium, because the interventionism of the VAR intimidated the young whistle blower of the first game, did not convince the experienced of the return.
True, out of sheer stubbornness, the 2-0 green, by Zé Rafael, was born from a foul that VAR observed and the blower turned his back on him.
The other difference was in the presence of Danilo, scorer of the first goal and, at 20, able to play as if he were a veteran.
Abel Ferreira put the team to play with absolute confidence that it was possible to turn around and Raphael Veiga, with the marking of the third and fourth goals of the rout, put the theory into practice with superb performance.
It seemed more difficult for Palmeiras to turn over the São Paulo tricolor than for Flamengo over the Carioca.
And the red-black didn’t achieve what the alviverde did with great ease, as if he were taking candy from the mouths of the São Paulo kids who had broken the emerald invincibility.
This is the taste that Rogério Ceni’s boys would have had, if they hadn’t dropped to all fours, without even actually threatening goalkeeper Weverton, so happy with the conquest that he went so far as to say that the circumstances were more memorable until the Libertadores bichampionship .
Palmeiras and Atlético-MG present themselves as the two biggest bogeymen in the Brazilian Championship, because Flamengo seems to live the most common in our football, the difficulty in staying on top, despite the beautiful squad they have, at least on paper.
High jump one day breaks and Fluminense taught those from Gávea that Laranjeiras deserve respect by beating them in two games, which is unusual when the technical difference is so big, as, on the other hand, Palmeiras confirmed.
infamous cup
The government of Qatar denies it, but the respected British newspaper The Guardian guarantees that no less than 6,500 migrant workers involved in the construction of stadiums and cities to host the 2022 World Cup have died.
Working conditions continue to be described as inhumane, in housing and driving without air conditioning in the intense Qatari heat.
The draw party was beautiful, with women predominating, with blacks mixing with whites, the very friendly mascot, and with FIFA President Gianni Infantino promising the best Cup ever. Pure propaganda.
Qatar will close the cycle started in South Africa with tournaments in countries with little social control.
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