Palmeiras enters the field this Saturday (20), at 7 pm, to face Fortaleza, away from home, for the 34th round of the Brazilian Championship.
However, the club’s and fans’ attention will be divided with two other important events: the presidential vote and the Copa Libertadores final.
Two hours before the ball rolls at Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza, the ballot boxes for the election that will determine the next representative of Alviverde will be closed.
If on the field Palmeiras will need to try to build a victory, in politics everyone already knows who will win: Leila Pereira is the only candidate in the election.
Owner of Crefisa, the club’s sponsor, she will need 50% plus one of the votes to be elected president — the club members vote.
Leila is also a board member at Palmeiras and runs for president between 2022 and 2024.
In football, Abel Ferreira’s team tries to avoid turmoil as it prepares for the final of the Copa Libertadores, scheduled for the following Saturday, the 27th, in Uruguay, against Flamengo.
The Palmeirenses lost the last two games they played at the Brazilian Nationals, to Fluminense (2-1), at Maracanã, and the derby against São Paulo (2-0) at home, when the coach was criticized for not using the starting lineup.
Abel’s strategy was to spare his main players. That’s because the team will face the two main rivals of the season in less than seven days: it receives Atlético-MG, for Nacional, on Tuesday (23) and then there is the Libertadores decision with Flamengo.
However, the defeat to São Paulo in front of their own fans heated up the atmosphere at the club on the eve of this decisive sequence.
Thus, the game against Fortaleza gained more importance. Not for what it’s worth in the tournament, but to try to calm the mood in preparation for the continental final.
In the table, Palmeiras has little to lose this Saturday. He is in third place with 58 points and has no chance of being overtaken by anyone in this round, even if he loses.
At the same time, there is no way to reach the vice-leader Flamengo, five points ahead. Your title chances are also very remote.
Alviverde is 13 points behind and has a game more than the leader Atlético-MG.
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