Palmeiras went to Morumbi Stadium to face São Paulo in the first leg of the Paulista Championship final and left complaining a lot about the arbitration
On Wednesday night, the 30th, the palm trees visited the Sao Paulo in the first leg of the Paulista Championship final. The visitors started the game well, but saw Soberano take control of the match little by little and complained a lot about a penalty scored at the end of the first half, where they believe the referee made a mistake.
In the first half, Palmeiras’ best chance was with Raphael Veiga that, after a beautiful play of Piquerez, ended up finishing out. On the other hand, São Paulo put a ball on the crossbar with a good shot from Alisson. When the first half was already in stoppage time, the referee Douglas Marques das Flores awarded a penalty to the hosts.
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Palmeiras complained a lot, claiming that the arm of Marcos Rocha was glued to the body. In charge, Calleri did not forgive, opened the scoring and saw Palmeiras destabilize. In the second half, the São Paulo tricolor took advantage of the opportunities and extended the advantage, winning the game by 3 to 1.
Even without having lost anything, Palmeiras has a very complicated mission and needs to win by two goals difference at Allianz Parque to take the match to the maximum penalties. At the end of the game, Abel Ferreira took responsibility for Verdão’s poor result, but made clear his dissatisfaction with the referee.
“External factors greatly influenced the result. I take responsibility for the team not doing as well as usual, we have been very consistent. We go to the second game, but knowing that the first leg was conditioned. It had a direct influence on the result. The rules I read say that VAR should only intervene in a very flagrant bid. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the courage to stand by his decision. […] It has to be something clear, scandalous, like Gómez’s move. There the VAR was eating popcorn. Whatever you do, this Paulista is already stained“, commented the coach.
Game over at Morumbi.
The return match takes place on Sunday at 4pm at Allianz Parque! We will play TOGETHER in search of the cup! 👊#AvantiPalestra #SAOxPAL
— SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) March 31, 2022
Source: sportbuzz
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