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Palmeiras drew 1-1 with América-MG, today (23), at Allianz Parque, for the first leg of the Copa do Brasil semifinal. The São Paulo team reacted in the match after seeing Lisca Doido’s team open the scoring in the 19th minute of the match, with Ademir, after a grotesque failure by defender Emerson Santos.
Verdão tied in the “last play” of the first half after Marcos Rocha launched a side kick to the head of Gustavo Gómez, who climbed between two América-MG defenders to tie the game.
América-MG and Palmeiras will play the second leg of the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil, next Wednesday (30), in Belo Horizonte. Before that, alviverde paulista receives Red Bull Bragantino, on Sunday (27), for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. América-MG will face the CRB, on Saturday (26), in Independência, for the 31st round of Serie B.
Who did it well: Gabriel Menino, the director
The young Palmeiras midfielder returned to play as a veteran. Despite the strong marking of América-MG in his sector from the beginning, he managed to set up most of the plays of Palmeiras, except for the first minutes, when Coelho dominated the game with strong marking and speed.
Who was wrong: Emerson Santos gives “Christmas present”
Defender Emerson Santos gave América a “Christmas present” when he tried to reverse the game inside the Palmeiras area and play for Ademir, free, to open the scoring at Weverton’s exit.
Ademir is fine again
Forward Ademir, number 10 for América-MG, shows in every decisive match that he is a good player. The athlete, who had already been the best of the Minas Gerais team to eliminate Corinthians in the round of 16, for example, was the best on the court for Coelho. The player misses a few passes, knows how to set up the game and always “falls” in speed on the back of the opposing defense.
Game timeline
Palmeiras started the game with a ball handicap. Defenders missed many passes, while defensive midfielders Gabriel Menino and Zé Raphael struggled to start putting together plays due to the strong embedded brand of the Lisca team. However, defender Emerson Santos didn’t even need pressure to make the most grotesque play of the game. He tried to reverse the game with a cross ball inside the Palmeiras area and handed the ball to Ademir. The free América-MG striker played low at Weverton’s right corner to open the scoring in the 19th minute.
After the goal, América withdrew the lines and gave Palmeiras more opportunities in the attack field. After some “ups” on the right side, Verdão leveled on the last play of the first half, in the 48th minute, when Marcos Rocha launched a side kick to the head of Gustavo Gómez, who hit the left corner of goalkeeper Matheus Cavichioli. In the second half, Palmeiras dominated América from the beginning and pushed for the second goal. The Minas Gerais team took a step back and played most of the final stage with the two lines almost within their area. As if that were not enough, the miners did not fit in the transition, and Ademir, their most dangerous player, was isolated in the attack. In the 34th minute, defender Messias was about to return Emerson Santos’ “gift” by “punching the ball” on a shot and leaving Luiz Adriano free to score. But the miners’ doorman saved.
Controversial offer
In the 37th minute of the first half, Gabriel Veron almost finished off the entrance of the small area for the defense of Matheus Cavichioli, who defended and fell with the ball over the goal line. The ball was about to enter and the VAR, activated, confirmed the referee’s decision on the field, not confirming the goal.
Lucas Lima 150
Lucas Lima entered the second half in place of Raphael Veiga to reach the 150-game mark in the Palmeiras jersey. The midfielder, who stood out for Santos, even with good games and provocations to the alviverde team, was hired at the end of 2017, but he never shone for Verdão.
DATA SHEET:
PALM TREES 1 x 1 AMERICA-MG
Date and Time: 12/23/2020, at 9:30 p.m. (from Brasilia)
Local: Allianz Parque, in São Paulo-SP
Referee: Leandro Vuaden
Assistants: Jorge Bernardi and José Calza
WHERE: Daniel Bins
Goals: Ademir at 19 minutes into the first half (America); Gustavo Gómez in minute 48 (Palmeiras)
Yellow cards: Lucas Lima and Danilo (PAL); Daniel Borges and Lucas Luan (AMG)
PALMS: Weverton; Marcos Rocha, Emerson Santos, Gustavo Gomez and Gustavo Scarpa (Matias Viña); Gabriel Menino, Zé Rafael (Luiz Adriano) and Raphael Veiga (Lucas Lima); Gabriel Veron (Gabriel Silva), Ron and Willian (Danilo)
Coach: Abel Ferreira
AMERICA-MG: Matheus Cavichioli; Daniel Borges, Messias, Anderson Jesus and Sávio (Calyson); Flávio (Sabino), Juninho and Geovane (Marcelo Toscano); Ademir (Lucas Luan), Rodolfo and Felipe Azevedo (Felipe Augusto)
Coach: Crazy Lisca
