Palmeiras wins, but fails to reverse disadvantage and is out of the Copa do Brasil

This Wednesday (7), the Palm trees received, in the Allianz ParkO Flamengo for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Brazil Cup 2024. In the most anticipated game of the round, all the controversies that did not exist in the first game were saved for this one, with Mengão withstanding the pressure from Palmeiras and advancing to the next phase.

Palmeiras started the game in a visceral way. As a response to their fans, who had been complaining about the poor performance, the home team suffocated Flamengo and opened the scoring after just 7 minutes, with the young Victor Reis. The assistant marked offside, but the VAR made clear the defender’s condition given by Varella.

Verdão continued to press and seemed to want to resolve the issue in normal time, but Flamengo eventually settled down and stopped some of Palmeiras’ momentum. However, it was still Palmeiras who controlled the game, but without the brutal offensiveness of the opening minutes.

In one of the few red-black arrivals to the attack, Gerson he advanced the ball and fell in the area, complaining about a penalty, but Anderson Daronco didn’t even notice.

In the second half, Palmeiras came out with blood in their eyes again and, after 15 minutes, almost scored the second, but a header from Murilo hit the post. Mengão had two good offensive actions and, in one of them, the players said that the ball hit the hand of the São Paulo defender, but, again, the referee did not call it.

In the very next move, from a free kick, Gabriel Boy crossed and the scorer Flaco Lopez headed the ball with everything to score the second and equalize the aggregate score, but the VAR found that the Argentine striker was offside, raising yet another controversy in the match.

For the rest of the match, Palmeiras tried and hammered Flamengo, even scoring a shot from Weverton in the end, but it was not enough and Mengão, despite being defeated, left Allianz Parque qualified. In another controversial decision, referee Anderson Daronco went to the video and sent off the coach Abel Ferreira for obscene gestures after a foul was called against Flamengo. Check out some details about the match:

• Ball possession: Palmeiras 54.75% x 45.25% Flamengo
• Finalizations (accurate): Palmeiras 19 (8); Flamengo 5 (2)
• Fouls committed: Palmeiras 17 x 11 Flamengo
• Successful passes (%): Palmeiras 301 (88%); Flamengo 173 (82.8%)

The series of classics is not over yet, as both clubs face each other again this weekend, but this time for Brazilian Championshipat the Maracanã. Flamengo is currently in second place, while Verdão is in fourth place.