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It was with more scares than expected, but Palmeiras is in the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil, after drawing 2-2 with Ceará, today (18), at the Castelão Arena, in the second leg of the quarterfinals. Raphael Veiga scored two goals for Verdão, who opened 2-0 in the first half, but Vina and Tiago Pagnussat scored for Vozão to seek equality.
The 3-0 victory at Allianz Parque was decisive in the match, in which Palmeiras had 19 absences and not even coach Abel Ferreira was on the bench, as he had to comply with the penalty. His assistant Vitor Castanheira led the team in the duel with Guto Ferreira.
Verdão is now waiting for the definition between Internacional and América-MG to know who will be the rival in the next phase. The team reached nine games without a loss with tonight’s result: eight wins and a draw.
THE BEST: VEIGA CONTINUES WITH HISTORY 2020
Raphael Veiga improved the numbers of the season that is already the best of his career. Goals 12 and 13 of 2020 came in the first half of Arena Castelão, first in a penalty, suffered by him, and then in a beautiful play, finished by the 23 letter shirt. Illuminated stage!
WORST: CHARLES MAKES Pity AVOIDABLE
Ceará had a long way to go after losing 3-0 at the Allianz, but it ended up being sabotaged in Fortaleza (CE). Unable to exert real pressure, the team saw the dream of qualifying practically ended in an unnecessary penalty, committed by Charles. The midfielder touched Veiga’s leg, in a play that the Palmeirense had nowhere to go. He went out to rest.
ZÉ RAFAEL PLAYS 36 MINUTES IN SACRIFICE
Facing the 19 absences, Zé Rafael attended the game at the sacrifice, as he was limited by a sprain to his right ankle, suffered on the way. Clearly in trouble, the midfielder fell twice on the pitch in great pain, and left in the first half, as a precaution, after Palmeiras increased his advantage on the trip. The effort of jersey 8 had already been praised by Abel Ferreira this weekend.
CEARÁ ACTION
Vozão had poorly productive ball possession and could not disturb Palmeiras to dream of reversing the deficit in the first half. Very dependent on set pieces, Ceará still made mistakes that made it 2-0 for Verdão in the first stage. The position changed a lot in the second half, with Vina’s beautiful goal, recovered from Covid-19, discounting the score, and the subsequent tie. The team paid for the bad start, but left a better impression late in the game.
YIELD OF PALM TREES
Without 15 Covid-19 players (Jailson, Vinicius Silvestre, Luan, Kuscevic, Alan Empereur, Gabriel Menino, Viña, Gustavo Scarpa, Danilo, Quiñonez, Rony, Veron, Gabriel Silva, Marino and Pedro Acácio), three injured (Felipe Melo) , Wesley and Luan Silva) and Breno Lopes, who already played in the tournament with Juventude, the team always tried to beat the rhythm. When Veiga suffered the penalty, Verdão created little danger, but without taking risks he went into the break with the great advantage of 2 to 0. The team, however, slowed too much in the second half and ended up leading the tie. The exchanges ended up spoiling the defensive system, and Ceará began to prowl the yellow area with danger. Still, Palmeiras managed to avoid capsizing.
GAME CHRONOLOGY
Palmeiras opened the scoring in the 27th minute of the first half, with the penalty well hit by Raphael Veiga -the midfielder himself extended, completing Lucas Lima’s center, already in 49. Ceará started a reaction after the break, discounted with Vina, at 11, in a beautiful play, and reached the tie with Tiago Pagnussat, heading, at 17. Vozão even had a penalty scored at 30, but after five minutes of analysis by the video referee, the mark was reversed, while Vina dug the move. Leandro Carvalho, already on the bench, complained and was sent off.
VERDÃO PREMIERE PLUS TWO GUYS
The problems made Palmeiras put two more boys to play. Aníbal, center forward of the U-20 team, made his debut and soon as a starter, as Luiz Adriano returns from a muscular overload in his left thigh. He yielded in the second half to Marcelinho, also from the U-20 team, who had been enrolled twice in the professional, but without entering. Ten guys were promoted in 2020 at the club.
DATA SHEET:
CEARÁ 2 x 2 PALM TREES
Local: Castelão Arena, in Fortaleza (CE)
Data: Wednesday 18 November 2020
Calendar: 19h
Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Junior (PR)
Assistants: Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos (PR) and Rafael Trombeta (PR)
WHERE: Adriano Milczvski (PR)
Yellow cards: Charles, Felipe Silva, Guto Ferreira, Fernando Sobral, Alexandre Faganello (assistant), Luiz Otávio (CEA); Ramires, Weverton, Patrick de Paula (PAL)
Red cards: Leandro Carvalho (CEA)
Goals: Raphael Veiga, 27 minutes into the first half (0-1); Raphael Veiga, in the 49th minute of the first half (0-2); Vina, 11 minutes into the second half (1-2); Tiago Pagnussat, in the 17th minute of the second half (2-2)
CEARÁ: Fernando Prass; Samuel Xavier, Luiz Otávio (Eduardo Brock), Tiago Pagnussat, Bruno Pacheco; Charles (Fabinho), Lima and Vina (Mateus Gonçalves); Fernando Sobral (Wescley), Leandro Carvalho (Léo Chú) and Felipe Vizeu. Technical: Guto Ferreira
PALMS: Weverton; Marcos Rocha, Emerson Santos, Renan and Mayke; Patrick de Paula, Zé Rafael (Ramires) and Raphael Veiga (Esteves); Lucas Lima (Gustavo Gómez), Willian (Luiz Adriano) and Aníbal (Marcelinho). Technical: Vitor Castanheira (assistant)
