Palmeiras X Mirassol

This Saturday at 4:00 pm Palmeiras played against Mirassol at Palestra Italia. Antonio Carlos Zago was testing the younger players for two reasons. The first reason is that he wanted to show the fans that Palmeiras younger players were all very good and maybe many of them will have a future in the club. The second reason is that Antonio Carlos didn´t put the starters to play due to the fact that next week Palmeiras is playing agianst Paysandu for Copa do Brasil so he decided to give a bureak to the starters. Palmeiras received a penalty and started winning the match one to zero with an excellent penalty kick by Palmeiras striker Robert. Palmeiras as always relaxes after they score a goal so Mirassol obviously was attacking a lot to tie the match. During the second half Mirassol was able to tie the game due to the incompetence of Palmeiras defence. The game ended one to one and is know fighting to win Copa do Brasil to classify for the Copa Libertadores da America. Antonio Carlos at the end of the game said that his intention to put the younger players like Ivo, Anselmo, João, Gualberto, Gabriel Silva and, Vinicius was to show the importance of these young players in the squad that may become stars in the future.

Palmeiras X Paysandu

During this week Palmeiras traveled to Para to play againt Paysandu. Mangueirão that is Paysandu´s stadium was full and the stadiumis being elected to be one of the stadiums of the world cup i Brazil in 2014. Palmeiras had a player that was playing his first match for the club which is Lincoln. Lincoln already played in many clubes before like Schalke 04, Atletico Mineiro and, Galatasary. Palmeiras started th match with a lot of determination. Due to this determination Lincoln scored and Palmeiras was leading one to zero. Antonio Carlos Zago who is Palmeiras coach ordered the team to defend more which resuted in a goal for Paysandu. Palmeiras didnt have many starters because Antonio Carlos was trying many players that may be starters later on. The first half ended one to one and bothe teams went to the locker room to hear what the coaches had to say. The second half started and both team were playing terribly and nothing happened. Until Lenny headered the ball to Ewerton who scored his first goal for the club. The whole team celebrated with him. If Palmeiras scored agin that didnt have to play the second match at Palestra italia. Diego Souza headered to the area and Robert ended up missing a goal. The match ended two to one for Palmeiras and the team who was in crisis doent loose for three matches. Palmeiras is fighting and showing a lot of determination to please the fans and to fight against this crisis they were recently in.

Palmeiras Great Victory

March 14 at 5:00 pm Palmeiras played against the leader of the tournament Santos at Vila Belmiro. Santos started the match in a very high pace and succesfully scored two goals and began the match leading by two goals. Santos always make fun of the opponent through the celebration of their goals. Almost at the end of the first half Palmeiras tied the game and made fun of Santos celebrations. Palmeiras started the second half in a very high pace and ended up scoring a goal and leading the match for the first time. The game was three to two for Palmeiras and they were still playing in the same pace. Palmeiras had lots of players that were playing their first match for the club like the striker Everthon and the midfielder that just arrived from Europe Lincoln. Santos tied the game during the middle of the second half with a nice pass from Paulo Henrique Ganso to Madson who kicked at the corner of the goal. Palmerias still beleived that they could win the match. Neymar who is Santos striker that has only 17 years lod was sent of the game due to a terrible foul on Palmeiras defensive midfielder Pierre. The players from Santos were complaining a lot and obviously they were againt the referee decision. Palmeiras scored agin with Robet who kicked outside of Santos area into Santos goal. Later on Santos was pressing Palmeiras and Leo who is Palmeiras defender was sent of due to a foul over Madson. Both tems were playing with ten players and only a few minutes to end the match. Palmeiras won the match and celebrated a lot at the end and Palmeiras striker Robert who was criticized alot by the fans scored three goals in the match and was considered the hero of the match. Palmeiras who was in a very bad crisis won the leader of the tournament and still beleives that they can make it to the semi finals of the tournament.

Palmeiras game was canceled

Palmeiras was supposed to play this Saturday night against Sertãozinho at Palmeiras soccer stadium Palestra Italia. The game was canceled due to the rain and the game will be on this Monday at 9:00 pm at Arena Barueri. The reason that Palmeiras is not playing at Palestra Italia is because the rock band Guns N Roses will have a concert at palmeiras stadium. ``There is no condition to play in this field so we will have one more day of practice´´afirms Palmeiras coach Antonio Carlos Zago. Palmeiras practiced Sunday already at Barueri on a very sunny and hot day. Palmeiras hired a player called Bruno Paulo that came from Flamengo´s youth team and he hopes to do the best for his club. Palmeiras goalkeeper Mrcos was thinking in ending his career this year. He is Palmeiras starting goalkeeper since 1993 and he started his career for the club in 1992. He has now 37 years old and many people think he should continue because he represents the club very well. He already won a world cup for Brasil in 2002 when he received offers from Arsenal, Lyon, Real madrid and, Sevilla. He didn´t want to leave his club so he denied all the offers and is still Palmeiras captain and one of Palmeiras best players.