Palmeiras, owned by Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, was very close to the title on Sunday after hosting and beating Fluminense, 1-0, in the 37th and penultimate matchday of the Brazilian Football League.
With this victory, Abel’s team will reach the last round needing only a draw to win its second title, in the visit to Cruzeiro.
With three points ahead of Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro, in a group in which Botafogo can still be integrated, Palmeiras could even lose in Belo Horizonte and still celebrate the title, since it is only a defeat suffered or a defeat carried out by his rivals. , could leave the conquest in danger.
Against Fluminense, recent champion of the Copa Libertadores, a goal by Breno Lopes, in the 30th minute, was enough to give Abel Ferreira the victory, in a match in which the outsiders were reduced to 10 due to the expulsion of Lucas Justen, in 54.
At the same time, Flamengo beat Cuiabá at home, coached by another Portuguese coach, in this case António Oliveira, and reaches the last round still with mathematical possibilities of winning the Brasileirão.
Luís Araújo, at five minutes, and Pedro, at 45+4, scored Flamengo’s goals, while Clayson reduced the score to 79, with a penalty, in what was left back Filipe Luís’ last game at the Maracaná.
Cuiabá, which has already had maintenance, remains in 12th place, the last one that gives access to the South American races.
Source: TSF
