2-1: Inter’s comeback leaves Palmeiras without wings

International won this Wednesday 2-1 at Ceara in a valiant comeback, he maintained the mathematical chances of overtaking the leader and held off the palm trees will celebrate the Brazilian Championship title four days early.

Palmeiras, who have been leading the Liga for weeks alone and maintain a 10-point lead over Internacional, their immediate escort, had all the conditions to be champions on Wednesday, but Inter spoiled the party.

The champions of the last two editions of the Copa Libertadores beat Athletico Paranaense 1-3 on Tuesday in their match of the thirty-fourth day of the Liga and hope that Internacional and Corinthians suffered disappointments in their promises on Wednesday to top the cup.

Despite the fact that the people of Corinthians cooperated by losing 0-2 at home against Fluminense and said goodbye to the chances of catching up with the leader, Inter did not give up and, despite starting from a disadvantage, managed to come back from behind and keep their dream alive. .

With four games left to finish the tournament, Palmeiras now need a victory in any of its commitments to win the Brazilian Championship for the eleventh time and confirm itself as the club with the highest number of titles of League.

The green club, led by Portuguese Abel Ferreira, will have its first chance to win the title next Wednesday, when they host Fortaleza at home. A win on any point or a draw for Inter when they visit America on the same day will guarantee the party.

Inter, now the only one left with a chance of wresting the title from Palmeiras, need to win their four remaining games and hope the São Paulo side beat them to be crowned champions.

In their match on Wednesday, Inter surprised at home to Ceará scoring a penalty goal in the first minute of the game, with a perfect charge from Lima, and knew how to manage their slight advantage throughout the first half.

Despite the pressure and dominance of the Colorado team, Ceará was closed in defense and almost managed to increase the score with a counterattack by Vina.

Inter only managed to equalize in the 19th minute of the second half after captain Edenilson capitalized on an assist from Uruguayan Carlos da Pena.

The Porto Alegre side were happy with the draw, increased the pressure on Ceará and came from behind thanks to a penalty awarded after Luis Otavio handled the ball with his arm inside the box 10 minutes from time. Alan Patrick was in full charge, putting Inter 2-1 ahead and upsetting the party already prepared by Palmeiras.

Corinthians, the other one still dreaming of the title, suffered a heavy defeat at home as they went down 0-2 against Fluminense, with a brace from Argentine Germán Cano, and fell to fifth place in the standings, which with 57 points, 17 units from Palmeiras.

Corinthians, who had to beat Goiás on Wednesday and Saturday in a pending game, lost Gustavo Mosquito to injury in the first minute of the game and had to rethink their entire game.

The situation became more complicated in the 11th minute when Germán Cano opened the scoring for Fluminense.

Despite playing in their stronghold, the Arena Corinthians stadium, the locals struggled to contain a Fluminense team that stayed on the attack, mainly with Cano and Colombian Jhon Arias.

The tricolor of Rio de Janeiro kept up the pressure in the second half and slightly increased the score in the 20th minute, but a goal by Matheus was disallowed for offside. But five minutes later, Cano took advantage of an assist from Calegari to extend Fluminense’s lead to 2-0.

The goal separated Cano from the top of the scorers’ table, with 20 goals, and established him as the foreigner with the highest number of goals in an edition of the League in Brazil.