Palmeiras defeats Grêmio and falls asleep at the top of the Brasileirão

O palm trees won the Guild by 4 to 1 on the night of this Wednesday, 10, at Allianz Parque, for the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship. Raphael Veiga (twice), mayke It is luan confirmed the triumph of Verdão. bitello discounted for the Tricolor.

With the result, Verdão reached 13 points and sleeps in the leadership of the Brasileirão. The team led by coach Abel Ferreira can be surpassed only by Botafogowhich faces the Corinthians following the round. The club from Rio Grande do Sul, on the other hand, experienced its second defeat in the edition of the competition, stopped at seven points and was in 10th position.

The teams return to the field next weekend, to dispute the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship. On Saturday, the 13th, at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), Palmeiras receives the Bragantino, at Allianz Parque. On Sunday, the 14th, at 4pm, Grêmio will face Strengthin the Arena.

The game

At home, Palmeiras was superior for most of the first half and opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, with Raphael Veiga. After Mayke’s beautiful cross, Verdão’s number 23 went up well to head goalkeeper Gabriel Grando with no chances: 1 to 0.

Despite the advantage, alviverde wasted chances, did not find the second goal and saw Grêmio draw in the final stretch. In the 47th minute, Bitello countered with Cristaldo, brought it to his right foot and hit it to make everything equal: 1 to 1. The ball touched the left post after Weverton’s deflection. Tricolor goal.

Eight minutes into the second stage, defender Bruno Uvini touched the ball with his arm inside the area and the arbitration signaled the penalty for Palmeiras. Veiga went for the kick, hit the middle of the goal and didn’t waste it: 2 to 1.

At 22 minutes, Verdão reached the third goal. In a good move, Dudu passed to Mayke, who continued the bid for Rony. Defender Kannemann managed to stop, but gave enough to shirt number 12 to finish in the right corner: 3 to 1.

At 27, Veiga took the corner kick, goalkeeper Gabriel Grando made the cut and gave the remainder to Raphael Veiga himself, who made the cross for defender Luan to widen for Palmeiras. Victory at Allianz Park: 4 to 1.

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