With two down, Corinthians seeks a draw against Palmeiras in Paulistão

In a classic with a lot of emotion, Corinthians It is Palm trees they drew this Sunday, the 18th, a game valid for the Campeonato Paulista. With great superiority throughout almost the entire game, Verdão relied on the attacking duo formed by Endrick It is Flaco López to go to the net, but saw the opponent react with two down and goals from Yuri Alberto It is Rodrigo Garro.

The first half was dominated by Palmeiras, which made it clear who is the team that has worked with the same coach for more than two years and has accumulated so many titles. The superiority turned into some opportunities, the main one being with Flaco López, right at the beginning.

Endrick was the main highlight of the opening 45 minutes, and it was with them that Verdão opened the scoring before the break. A rebound in the area fell to Marcos Rocha, who retreated to number 9 at the edge of the area. Alone, the young man cut to the left and sent a bomb, with no chance for goalkeeper Cássio.

After the break, the expectation of Corinthians fans was for an improvement in the team's performance, but Palmeiras continued to be superior and pushing their rival into their defense field. In one of the new chances, Marcos Rocha managed to increase the lead, but was caught offside and the goal was disallowed.

No change in the outlook, despite the coach’s attempts Antonio Oliveira, Palmeiras managed to assert their great superiority and increased their score. The second goal came from the team's traditional corner kick, seeing Flaco López rise to head the ball into the goal.

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To close the score, Gustavo Mosquito He ran to the right, played the ball in the middle and Yuri Alberto shot and scored for Timão in Barueri. There was still time for Cássio to be sent off for fouling Rony outside the area and Corinthians needed to put defender Gustavo Henrique in goal, but the player didn't need to make any save and even saw Yuri Alberto leave injured and the team was left with another player less . In the following minutes, Rodrigo Garro hit a beautiful free kick and left everything the same, to great excitement in the classic.