Analysis: Palmeiras presents the ideas of Abel Ferreira and ignores the embezzlement to impose himself | palms

Starting with the training of Gustavo Scarpa. Lateral on paper, the offensive shirt 14 behaved practically like a left corner. With the ball at his feet, Abel Ferreira likes a team with five men in the last sector, and thus managed to suffocate Ceará, especially between 34 and 39 minutes of the first, when Palmeiras defined the duel.

In this same formation, Abel Ferreira retired the young Danilo to start the possession of the ball with the defenders. The midfielder, with greater freedom and without the pressure of the midfield sector, made an exquisite shot by Gabriel Veron to help Raphael Veiga to take the second.

In the defensive field, Abel Ferreira also managed to get the players to press the loss of possession well. It was with the reduction of space that Zé Rafael, once again well on the field, stole the ball and served Gabriel Verón to score a great goal, Palmeiras’ third in the first half of the dispute.

It was enough for the first good version of Palmeiras led by the Portuguese. Even with many absences due to Data Fifa, injuries and Covid-19 (eight players in total), the alviverde team stood out for organization and intensity. I pointed to Abel Ferreira.

Faced with so many absences, Abel Ferreira tried to give more “face” to the Palmeiras team and ended up rewarded with the action. Offensively, the team was made up of five more advanced athletes and put pressure on Ceará. Little by little, the team found space, especially on the left, where full-back Gustavo Scarpa acted more as a forward.

To be successful, the team needed to have intensity, pressure, and avoid exposure from the defensive sector. It was exactly what the team did in the first half, with an emphasis on the overwhelming five minutes that practically sent the result.

In the first goal, the “tip” Gustavo Scarpa appeared inside the area to rebound and open the scoring. In the second, Danilo, retired to help get the ball in a 3-2-5, made a beautiful shot to explore Gabriel Veron’s speed, who found Raphael Veiga to enlarge.

In the third, Zé Rafael pressed down the middle, stole the ball and fired a counterattack. The number 8 shirt found Gabriel Verón, who, in the one on one, got the best and hit a beautiful kick to mark the third from Palmeire. A manual for the first time for Abel Ferreira and commanded in the arena.

The only athlete to have played in all 46 games for Palmeiras this season, Willian made technical mistakes that prevented an even bigger victory for the Alviverde team. A missed goal after a cross by Scarpa and a lousy shot from the entrance of the area symbolized the afternoon without inspiration from the team captain.

Despite the excitement for an inspired afternoon, Palmeiras still faces a harsh reality of embezzlement and trouble. For Saturday, before a usual Fluminense, Again the team will not have the four selectable (Weverton, Gabriel Menino, Viña and Gustavo Gómez) in addition to Felipe Melo and Wesley, absences for the next few months.

Hope rests on the return of Luiz Adriano, even more so after Zé Rafael suffered an ankle injury in the victory against Ceará and also worries. T-shirt 8 started the treatment on the bench, with ice in the area of ​​pain.

With 31 points, the team faces a direct rival in the fight for the qualifying zone for the Copa Libertadores. Seven consecutive victories and the best moment of the season for the team that gives momentum when the decisions begin. The Libertadores is approaching, for example.

Speaking of decision, next Wednesday, Ceará and Palmeiras will meet again to define the qualifiers for the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil. Alviverde’s team, with an above-average task at Allianz Parque, travels with extreme favoritism and will possibly have reinforcements from the absent quartet by Data Fifa. Weverton, Menino, Viña and Gómez will go to Fortaleza and will be re-evaluated before the duel.