Opinion: if you play better, Palmeiras won’t just depend on being a rascal | palms

There was no need, making mistakes is part. And it is evident that the goalkeeper missed the tying goal 1 to 1, given in the 49th minute of the second half, which cost him four positions in the table. He left the goal open in a strange exit and failed in one of his strengths, the passing game.

By letting the victory slip, instead of vice-leader of the Brazilian Championship, Palmeiras finished on Saturday as sixth place, with nine points, six less than Inter, leader and next rival, on Wednesday, at home. . The Rio Grande do Sul team has one more game to play. (See the full classification here)

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It was the third time in five games in the competition that the Luxembourg national team went ahead and finished with a single point. Last weekend, in the good performance against Santos, the script was not the same because Patrick de Paula scored the second goal.

As in other opportunities where this happened, the coach highlighted the misconduct of Palmeiras when they were in advantage. It was missing …

– Hold the ball a little further ahead. We had the opportunity to score the second goal, but we had to be more rascals, rascals in quotes – he said.

This (lack of) tactical deception can even be used as justification for two wasted points on additions, but its recurrence also goes to the commander’s account. At the end of the day, the rival also needed to call less in the final against Corinthians and in the games against Fluminense and, mainly, Goiás.

Luxembourg has been a good cheater of late too, saving as many changes as possible to surprise their already tired opponent with many changes at once. It worked again, with a goal from Zé Rafael, in a plot constructed by four players who had just entered the field. The midfielder lost one more opportunity to expand, face to face with the Bahian goalkeeper.

But it is not only with deception that Palmeiras will win …

After a busy week of training, the promise was to hit some negative points from the São Paulo champion, such as the ball on the ground and the high score. Little of this was seen in the Bahian capital. There is still room for improvement. As Bezerra da Silva would say, you can believe it is.