Endrick decides once again, Palmeiras beats Athletico and touches Botafogo

Last Saturday, the 4th, the Palm trees received the Athletico-PRat Arena Barueriin a match valid for the 32nd round of the Brasileirão. After a historic turn against the Botafogo, Verdão arrived with high morale and won another important victory, equaling the score of the Rio leader. Again, Endrick was decisive.

The only goal of the match came in the sixth minute, after a beautiful pass from Raphael Veiga, Endrick had to face Bento. However, the 17-year-old didn’t want to know if the Furacão goalkeeper was one of the best in the Brasileirão and, with a subtle touch, he took it out of reach and scored once again, the third time in the last two games.

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Afterwards, Palmeiras managed the game better, without giving Athletico many spaces, but still bringing a little danger to the goal defended by Bento. However, the match was not very exciting and Furacão did not have much creativity to add more emotion to the dispute. Therefore, Verdão won, added three more points and equaled Botafogo’s 59.

Despite the two teams having the same score, Botafogo remains the leader of the Brasileirão, due to the number of victories. Furthermore, Fogão has two games less than Palmeiras, a classic against Vasco and the confrontation against Strength, which was postponed. In any case, the São Paulo club managed to close a gap that was already 14 points at one point in the competition.

At the press conference, Abel Ferreira He opened up about the importance of mental health in this final stretch. “Those who have already won titles, points in a row, know how it works. Now, I don’t know who will win in the end. Grêmio is also arriving, there is Bragantino. Botafogo is still the one in the best condition, if you look at the probabilities”said the coach.