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It is a pleasure to see the “new” Palmeiras. Even with a 3-1 victory in the first leg, Abel Ferreira’s team beat Ecuador’s Delfín. The result is an overall score of 8 to 1 and the qualification for the Libertadores quarterfinals to excite their fans. And it could be more.
In 10 minutes, the team had already created at least three chances that would bring the “uh” out of the crowd. Despite the advantage obtained away from home, the team armed by the Portuguese had three forwards and defensive midfielders who participated in the construction of the game during the 90 minutes.
It is the portrait of a new game model, where the objective after doing the first is to look for the second and not cling to victory: under the new command there are seven victories, one draw and one defeat, with 20 goals scored.
The good news is that the scenario is good for everyone on the squad. With each match, the highlights take turns. Today it was Verón’s turn to score two goals and assist and Willian relaunched the net, without forgetting the good performances of Lucas Lima, Raphael Veiga and Zé Rafael.
It is true that Delfín was one of the worst teams in this first knockout phase of the competition, but when a stronger team faces a worse one, what is expected is what we saw in today’s match (2). Peaceful victory of the higher.
And that was not what Palmeiras showed a little over a month ago, before Vanderlei Luxembourg left. Alviverde stumbled upon several poorer quality teams or suffered to win. And all this change in less than a month, because Abel debuted on November 5, against Red Bull, in the Copa do Brasil.
Even the use of the base, one of the merits of the former coach, has improved. Patrick de Paula once again commanded the midfield, Danilo is already acting until he sets up the team and reaches the area and Verón plays the football that gave him the award for the best under-17 in the world.
That is because Abel Ferreira has important absences, such as those of Luís Adriano and Felipe Melo, he had to replace Gustavo Scarpa and Patrick de Paula, injured, and even forgave athletes such as Zé Rafael and Raphael Veiga, who did not act for 90 minutes.
