Leila responds to Landim’s criticism of Allianz Parque’s synthetic lawn

This Sunday, 21st, Palm trees It is Flamengo come into action in the 3rd round of the Brasileirão. As is already customary, the two teams are preparing as much as possible and warming up behind the scenes for the clash, between statements and provocations before taking the field. The story began with the president of Mengão, Rodolfo Landimwho questioned the control of the game in Allianz Parque.

Palmeiras received the Internationalin the last round, in Arena Barueri. However, for the confrontation against Flamengo, even with a show the night before, the group's 30th anniversary tour Soweto, Verdão chose to play at Allianz Parque. According to Landim, the choice involved the stadium's synthetic pitch, which could harm the Rio club.

In response, Leila Pereirapresident of Palmeiras, recalled other clashes in which Verdão beat Flamengo, even on natural grass. “Landim’s statement really surprised me. As far as I remember, we won the 2021 Libertadores and the 2023 Super Cup, against Flamengo, on a natural grass field, right?”said the representative to 'GE'.

Afterwards, the director said that the president of Flamengo knows that this is not an advantage for Palmeiras. “Landim knows very well that the synthetic grass field at Allianz Parque does not offer any technical advantage to Palmeiras. The lawn has just been renovated so that we always have great games at our house.”he stated.

Finally, to further sharpen the nerves for the match on Sunday, the 21st, Leila took a “prip” at her opponent and spoke about the conditions at Maracanã. “If Landim was really concerned about the quality of the pitch, the Maracanã pitch would be in better condition”concluded.