First of all, São Paulo beat Palmeiras and played well. Two things that few people believed would happen.
At first, what was expected from a São Paulo team that had been playing very badly and had been thrashed was yet another defeat.
In other words, the last games of Rogério Ceni's team were very bad games, without creativity, without much desire to win.
Facing the strong Palmeiras team, in their packed Arena, expectations were not very good. And São Paulo beat Palmeiras and played well.
A São Paulo with a desire for victory
Against Bahia, Fortaleza and Flamengo, São Paulo was a real disaster, and seemed to have little desire to win.
However, against Palmeiras it was different, the team ran, scored, knew how to play the match against a strong team.
Unlike other games, São Paulo showed interest in a victory. They did not shy away.
It could have been a smoother victory
However, the Morumbi team missed a lot of goals, sometimes the team didn't create goals, sometimes they missed a lot of opportunities.
The São Paulo players made too many mistakes in their choices, goalkeeper Weverton also did well on several occasions.
In the end, it could have still been a loss, with the entry of Raphael Veiga and Rony, the Palmeiras team improved.
Coach Abel doesn't know the importance of the classic
In other words, Abel did not value Choque Rei, he entered with many reserves, prioritizing the Libertadores final.
Palmeiras fans were angry with their coach, even more so when they saw players making mistakes like Patrick de Paula.
However, the result was not positive, in addition to the defeat, Luiz Adriano argued with the fans, and Patrick de Paulo will be charged for his mistake in the classic.
Now, fans will not easily forget the mistake they made, which resulted in São Paulo's second goal.
However, when Abel put some starters in, it was already too late.
São Paulo was a more confident team against Palmeiras
In other words, Arboleda's return to the team certainly brought more defensive organization.
The fact that Igor Vinicius played and not Diego Costa was a good decision by the coach, despite Igor not being the full-back that the fans dream of.
Player Gabriel Sara played a lot of football, and not just for the goal, he scored, ran, and created opportunities.
However, the goal disallowed by VAR was very dubious, at least the image of the lines was not shown by the broadcast.
However, what could have been the player's second goal, in the first he hit an excellent shot from outside the area.
However, in the second he was inside the area to finish, but the second was disallowed by VAR.
Now, another player who was in debt was Luciano, he hadn't played well for a long time, yesterday he had a great game.
He scored his goal by taking advantage of Patrick de Paula's mistake, scored and motivated the team.
In the first goal, he managed to win the header so the ball fell to Gabriel Sara to open the scoring.
Finally, São Paulo beat Palmeiras and played well. Something unexpected for many people.
See the best moments of the game. https://ge.globo.com/sp/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/jogo/17-11-2021/palmeiras-sao-paulo.ghtml
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