O Palm Trees enters the field today (2), at 8 pm (Brasília time), against Santo André, at Canindé stadium, to define his future for the rest of the season. In the third place in Group C, with 12 points, Verdão needs to win and hope for Novorizontino’s stumbles to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Paulista Championship.
The team led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira has been leaving the competition in the background; a bad result can make the state’s “withdrawal” official. Check out what alviverde needs to do to advance to the next stage and what the club’s scenario looks like if they are eliminated from the competition.
The calculations
With the difference of six points for Novorizontino (18), second place in the bracket, Palmeiras (12) need to beat Santo André (away), Santos (home) and Ponte Preta (away) and hope for the vice-leader’s stumbles. O Red Bull Bragantino is at the top of the group with 22 points and can no longer be reached by alviverde.
Novorizontino still has three commitments ahead of them: Guarani, today (2), away from home, Botafogo-SP (home) and Corinthians (outside).
If there is a tie in the bracket, the tiebreaker criterion is the number of victories, followed by the goal difference. Verdão has only three goals in balance, against seven from Novorizontino.
Players revealed
As coach Abel Ferreira has already admitted, the Campeonato Paulista has served as a laboratory to observe players who were trained at the club. In the current squad, 13 players are from the grassroots categories, and many of them are still part of the under-20 team. These are the cases of the right-back Gustavo Garcia, of the left-back Vanderlan, of the socks Fabinho and Pedro Bicalho and of the attackers Marcelinho, Newton and Pedro Acacio.
“I had a serious conversation with the management about this championship and I think it is the first time that I am assuming that it is a unique competition and exclusively to give opportunities to the youngest. But, as I said, whenever he plays, he plays for Palmeiras. If I play Papagaio or Newton, I will charge the same as when I play Ron and Luiz, so our goal is to enter every game to win. We wanted to win, unfortunately we didn’t succeed. take away from us all “, said the coach.
Another name highly praised by Abel is striker Giovani. He, who was part of the U-17 team, was called up to the professional earlier this year and became the youngest player enrolled by the club in Libertadores. He made his debut match in the classic with Corinthians, in March.
This year alone, 22 athletes were revealed at the Football Academy triggered by the Portuguese coach. Of the names called, goalkeeper Mateus, defender Michel and midfielders Ramon and Vitinho did not make their debut.
A breath in the calendar
If you do not advance Paulistão, Palmeiras will have a greater breath for the preparation for the last three matches of the first phase of the Copa Libertadores: against Independiente del Valle-EQU, in Ecuador (May 11), Defensa y Justicia-ARG (day 18) and Universitario- PER (on the 27th), both at Allianz Parque. The team is undefeated in the international competition with 100% success rate.
DATASHEET
SANTO ANDRÉ x PALMEIRAS
Competition: Paulista championship
Data: 02/04/2021
Schedule: 20h (from Brasilia)
Local: Canindé Stadium, in São Paulo (SP)
Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati
Assistants: Miguel Cataneo Ribeiro da Costa and Leonardo Tadeu Pedro
WHERE: Vinicius Furlan
Saint Andre: Fernando Henrique; Marcos Martins, Rodrigo, Willian Goiano and Bruno Santos; Vitinho, Wesley Fraga (PH), Tiago Marques, Gegê, Minho and Ramon. Coach: Márcio Fernandes.
Palm Trees: Vinicius Silvestre; Gustavo Garcia, Alan Empereur, Henri, Viña (Victor Luis), Fabinho, Zé Rafael, Pedro Bicalho (Gabriel Silva), Esteves (Newton), Rafael Papagaio and Giovani. Coach: Abel Ferreira.
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