Palmeiras loses the 3rd in a row, a week before the Libertadores final

A week before the Libertadores final, Palmeiras met this Saturday (20) their third straight defeat. In addition, during the 1-0 setback to Fortaleza, for the Campeonato Brasileiro, two of the leaders of the Alviverde squad, Gustavo Gómez and Weverton, had a harsh discussion on the field.

It was not clear the content of the banter, which took place in the final minutes of the first half. The fact is that Abel Ferreira’s team produced little offensively, even playing with their holders.

The team already came from a bad performance, in the last Wednesday (17), when they lost to São Paulo by 2-0. On the occasion, the Portuguese coach spared several holders. Before the derby, they had lost to Fluminense, 2-1.

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Next Tuesday (23), Palmeiras will return to the field for the last match for Nacional before the final of the continental tournament, against Flamengo, on the 27th, in Uruguay. In a game in which the tendency is for the holders to be preserved, the team from São Paulo faces the leader Atlético-MG, at Allianz Parque.

For the alviverde supporter, however, more important than the duel with the miners will be to correct the mistakes that the team has presented and, mainly, to trim the edges that may exist in the squad, reflected in the discussion between Gómez and Weverton.

After the match, the Paraguayan defender minimized the friction. “It was the mood of the game. We always want to win. And Weverton didn’t realize I was going to talk to Professor Abel. I wanted to complain to the referee, but that happens. Two experienced players, we talked at halftime and that’s it. well.”

In addition to the emotional issue, the Palmeirense attack is also not very productive. In the first stage at Castelão stadium, the Paulistas did not hit any shots on target, according to the website SofcaScore. On the other side, Fortaleza hit three shots and, after the rebound of one of them, Robson opened the scoring in the 39th minute.

In the bid, David took the risk from far away, Weverton rebounded and the shirt 7 sent it to the net. Minutes later, there was a discussion between the goalkeeper and defender alviverde.

After the break, despite at least managing to demand a defense from Marcelo Boeck, Palmeiras could not produce enough to reach a draw, while Fortaleza held the score and tried to kill the game with only counterattacks.

Patrick de Paula had a goal disallowed in the closing minutes after VAR review of the bid, and Wesley was stopped by Boeck in a one-on-one chance.

The team from São Paulo remains stationary at 58 points, in third, with six points more than the team from Ceará, in fourth, with 52. The victory of the Tricolores broke a streak of five games without a triumph in the championship.

Scare of Pikachu

In the final stretch of the game, Fortaleza midfielder Yago Pikachu, who had already been substituted, got sick and fell on the edge of the pitch. According to the club from Ceará, the athlete had a drop in pressure. He was attended by paramedics and an ambulance arrived on the field, but the player was already conscious. At the end of the game, Pikachu was walking alongside teammates on the lawn.