Opinion: Juca: The São Paulo kids prevailed and crushed Palmeiras

The goal from outside the area by midfielder Pablo Maia in São Paulo’s 3-1 victory over Palmeiras in the first game of the Paulistão final is just a small sample of the importance of youth teams in Morumbi. In addition to him, names like Rodrigo Nestor, Igor Gomes and Gabriel Sara have been playing a leading role in Rogério Ceni’s team, which can lose by up to a goal difference tomorrow (3), at 4 pm at Allianz Parque, to be a two-time state champion.

No Ball Possession #215broadcast yesterday (1st) by UOL Esporte, journalist Juca Kfouri says that the young players of São Paulo prevailed against Palmeiras and have been fundamental in Ceni’s game proposal. According to him, the result of the first game left Tricolor very close to the title, but Palestra is able to reverse the disadvantage in front of the green crowd.

“The Palmeiras team hasn’t fit their game against São Paulo, which has been more fierce. Once again the kids stood out in relation to the physical issue, they imposed themselves against Palmeiras, which is not a team of veterans. Danilo was missed in the midfield of Palmeiras, of course there is the issue of the penalty, which I would not give, but assigning to the penalty at the end of the first half the second half that Palmeiras did, as Abel said, that the team felt wronged and entered with his head down, no.”

“Palmeiras was crushed by São Paulo and must thank the Gods for having achieved that goal in the end, in my opinion with Jandrei’s failure. I think Palmeiras can and will even win the game, if they’re going to win the title I have my doubts. São Paulo are not favorites, but they are very close to winning the championship”, concludes Juca.

Arnaldo Ribeiro also emphasizes the importance of São Paulo’s base categories and criticizes the use of the Academia’s calves in Palmeiras. In the opinion of the commentator, Abel Ferreira and company were not able to make the young players from Palmeiras surrender in the professional, which ends up undermining the replacements in the squad.

“Perhaps even Rogério did not expect him to find a starting team with the boys’ brand. Last year, under the command of Crespo, also against a favorite Palmeiras, he lost two of his most experienced players, Dani Alves and Benítez, and then the boys came in and São Paulo was champion with the base. The use of the base is one of the differences between São Paulo and Palmeiras. It is curious because the base of Palmeiras materialized in Danilo, who is a great player and should return to Allianz Park, but the other boys didn’t stand.”

“Then Palmeiras sells Patrick de Paula, lends Renan to Bragantino, puts Gabriel Menino on the list of dismissals, and Palmeiras failed to bring the quality that these boys showed in the youth categories to the main team. today with cast limitations due to not using the boys so well. Palmeiras showed to have a very strong team, but it is clear that the Palmeiras cast needs to be reinforced for the rest of the season”, says Arnaldo.

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