The eight Brazilians debuted in Libertadores-2022.
The three national favorites for the title won, all away from home: Palmeiras, Atlético Mineiro and Flamengo, in that order.
But, of the trio, only convincing football played the current two-time champion of the tournament, Palmeiras.
It’s true that he caught the easiest opponent, the Venezuelan Deportivo Táchira, but he did what the strong should do with the weak and, even without maximum strength, he thrashed 4-0 in a performance that could have ended with twice as many goals.
Raphael Veiga and company, or would it be Dudu and company?, in short, Abel Ferreira’s team is in a calm group and will be able to save the wear on the especially cruel calendar this season.
Galo beat Colombian Tolima 2-0, without having played for it, despite facing the toughest opponent and breaking the record that a Brazilian team has never won in Ibagué, in addition to maintaining their unbeaten record since the last Libertadores. It cost.
Flamengo also won 2-0, against the fragile Peruvian Sporting Cristal, and at the National Stadium in Lima behind closed doors due to the skirmishes in the incandescent Andean capital. The famous won and didn’t convince because the red-black suffers from Jorge Jesus’ abstinence syndrome. Until when?
Who won without a doubt, also by 2 to 0, was the debutante in the Bragantino competition, when receiving the Uruguayan Nacional and imposing itself with authority.
With that we close the successful national results.
From then on, only disappointments.
Even Athletico’s draw, in Venezuela, left something to be desired, because without goals against the weak Caracas, with only one player worthy of mention, unfortunately for the people of Paraná, the goalkeeper. Here, the theory that drawing away from home is a good result was not valid.
Of course, much worse was Corinthians, defeated 2-0 at the altitude of La Paz by Always Ready, always ready to leave their opponents in bad shape, as Inter witnessed in 2021, overcome by another 2-0.
Much worse because with side effects beyond 3,600 meters above sea level.
There is no record that the then Colorado goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba was threatened with death by some gaucho bandit as happened to Cássio, a result of the cowardice of the Corinthians leadership in dealing with the extremists of Gaviões da Fiel, of language, official notes and acts worthy of what there is. most nefarious in Bolsonarism, if there is anything reasonable about it.
Finally, the other two Libertadores debutantes lost at home matches they had to win.
In Horto, with only 5,353 fans, which is the measure of its size, América was beaten 2-0 by Ecuadorians from Independiente Del Valle, practically the key to the back door of the tournament.
At Castelão, but with 50,429 people, Fortaleza paid the price of pre-premiere tension, performed very poorly in the first half, reacted in the second, but insufficiently to overcome Chile’s Colo-Colo, exactly the rival with whom it should dispute the second place in the group, because the first is reserved for the fourth favorite for the title, Argentine River Plate.
There were 11 Brazilian goals against six of the South American brothers, which is not bad.
It’s bad to see that quality football was played by Palmeiras and nothing else.
It will get better. Go?
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