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Guaranteed in the semifinals of Conmebol Libertadores, Where will face the weight of River Plate, OR Palms Attention this weekend will return to the dispute of brazilian championship. Away from home, São Paulo faces the International this Saturday (19), at 9pm, in Beira-Rio.
Tied in the standings, the rivals now have 41 points. This situation, however, has already been quite different in past rounds. Verdão’s growth in the table is directly due to the arrival of Abel Ferreira at Allianz Parque. Hired after the departure of Vanderlei Luxemburg and a brief transition period with Andrey Lopes, the Portuguese will complete his 14th match against Colorado ahead of the Alviverde technical commission.
Since the European’s arrival at Palmeiras it has been 13 games, with nine wins, three draws and one defeat. Of these, the Portuguese was still out of reserve four times after testing positive for COVID-19, having to comply with social isolation.
In addition to commanding Verdão at the start of Brasileirão (he ranked seventh and is now in fourth place, now in the direct qualification zone for the next edition of Conmebol Libertadores), the coach was ahead of the team in the standings against Red Bull Bragantino me Ceara through Brazil Cup, competition that the club will play in the semifinal against America-MG.
Abel Ferreira’s success at São Paulo is not limited to Brazilian football. For the Libertadores, the coach has accumulated four games, with three wins and a draw, in another guaranteed semifinal in Palmeiras. In points, the Portuguese has 76.9% utilization.
The avalanche of Palmeiras in the season by Abel Ferreira contrasts with the performance of his namesake at Internacional. Under the command of Abel Braga, the Porto Alegre team tries to ‘collect the pieces’ after falling in the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores, and see the leadership of Brasileirão escape.
Champion of the Libertadores and FIFA Club World Cup in 2006 for Colorado and with idol status, the coach was chosen by the management to replace Eduardo Coudet, who left the club Celta Vigo after dissatisfaction in the Beira-Rio corridors.
Under the command of the Argentine, the gauchos were leaders in ten of the 25 rounds of this Brasileirão, and lost their place precisely in the match that marked the return of Abelão to Colorado in the competition, after a 2-1 loss to Saints. And like the Portuguese namesake, the Brazilian was also absent in four games after testing positive for COVID-19, having to serve isolation.
At this time, Abel Braga has 40.7% use of the points played ahead of Internacional. With nine games in charge of the coaching staff, the coach has three victories, only one of them in the Brasileirão. The other triumphs still left a bitter taste to the fans.
After being defeated at home, Internacional won América-MG (Copa do Brasil) and Boca Juniors (Conmebol Libertadores) by 1 to 0 as a visitor. On both occasions, however, the team ended up eliminated on penalties, saying goodbye to the title dream.
With 41 points, Palmeiras, International and Guild they are tied in the classification of Brasileirão. Verdão, 4th, takes advantage of the goal difference at this point. Colorado (5th) beats Immortal (6th) by number of wins. Alviverdes and tricolor, however, still have one game less to play.
If the worry of trying to put the team back to Beira-Rio in the dispute for the positions of Brasileirão was not enough, Abel Braga still sees the club moving in search of another professional for next season.
According to the last days, ESPN.com.br, Alessandro Barcellos, new president of Colorado, works to direct the hiring of Spanish Miguel Ángel Ramírez as a new coach. If this scenario is confirmed, Abel Braga will have to comply with the current contract until February 2021 until the end and give way to the successor.
The european coach announced his farewell to Independiente Del Valle in Ecuador, on the afternoon of the last Friday (18).
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Internacional beat Boca in La Bombonera, but was eliminated on penalties
