So from now on I’ll just post about Libertadores and important matches ’till I organize my schedule.

Now the exciting match between Sport CR v. SE Palmeiras at Ilha do Retiro Stadium.

Palmeiras focused on defense even the strikers. Luxemburgo “played” like Luxemburgo, in other words, the best coach of Brazil. He took off Edmílson as sweeper and put him as defensive midfielder with a order: to force in the midfield and induce the Sport players to mistake.

But at 16′ Moacir shot the ball deflected and left for the fast attacker Vandinho. Thanks to Marcos – who was playing his 50th appearance in Libertadores – saved it.

Even with the scare, Palmeiras has not changed its stance. That was the key to opening the score. At 24′ Cleiton Xavier free kicked the ball in the area, Diego Souza headed it, the defender Mauricio Ramos got the rebound with a volleyball and sent to the goal. Keirrison up on the line, only had to put it in the back of the net.

Nelsinho Baptista, then unbeaten in charge of Sport in the season, tried to change the team in the second half to put Luciano Henrique and Sandro Goiano. But Palmeiras has the answer with a nice move of Diego Souza. At 49′, he got the ball near the middle, went through the whole defense and invaded the area. At the kick, Magrão jumped on the ball and defended it.

But the golden key was Diego Souza, the big player of the game. At 73′, he dribbled by two players, and also the goalkeeper Magrão. A spectacular goal. He saw the stadium mute before his feet.

HIGHLIGHTS

SPORT CR 0 v. 2 SE PALMEIRAS
Sport: Magrão; Igor, César and Durval; Moacir (L. Henrique), Andrade, D. Paulista (S. Goiano), P. Baier e Dutra; Ciro and Vandinho (Weldon).
Coach: N. Baptista
Booked: Ciro and Vandinho

Palmeiras: Marcos; F. Capixaba, Danilo, M. Ramos (Marcão) and Armero; Pierre, Edmílson, C. Xavier and D. Souza; Willians (Ortigoza) and Keirrison (S. Silva).
Coach: V. Luxemburgo
Booked: F. Capixaba, Danilo, M. Ramos, Edmílson and Ortigoza

Venue: Ilha do Retiro stadium, Recife
Attendance: unrevealed
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

In the 1st half at 43′, Lucas Barrios (according to IFFHS, the last year’s topscorer of the world with 37 goals) dribble Maurício Ramos and Danilo with extreme easiness and shot in the opposite side of Bruno.

The Chilean goal moved with the team and fans, which in every unsuccessful pass or shot irritates itself. At the exit for halftime, they mostly shouting against Marcão (player come from SC Internacional), who came to the function of left wing, but rather helped the team.

In an attempt to make the team more offensive, Luxemburgo put Marcão and Maurício Ramos off and as replacement put Jefferson and Jumar on. Meléndez was sent off by a 2nd yellow card, but 5 minutes later a new defensive error, Torres took a cross into the area and scored 0-2 to El Cacique.

In the stand started to create an animosity towards the team. In a good cross of Cleiton Xavier, Keirrison finally appeared in the match at 70′ headed to score 1-2, and instead of catch the ball to restart the game, no, he prefered to shout against the crowd, can you believe that?!?!

And when the team seemed closer to the draw, Colo Colo managed to enlarge the score. In a counter-attack González was free to receive and make 1-3, complicating the alviverde situation in continental competition. And so that some fans, at 79′ start to leave the Palestra Itália.

And the defeat comes on the eve of Grand Derby against Corinthians.

“HIGHLIGHTS”

SE PALMEIRAS 1 v. 3 CSD Colo Colo
Palmeiras: Bruno, F. Capixaba (Lenny), M. Ramos (Jumar), Danilo and Marcão (Jefferson); Pierre, Edmílson, C. Xavier, D. Souza; Willians and Keirrison.
Coach: V. Luxemburgo
Booked: M. Ramos

Colo Colo: Muñoz; Figueroa, Mena, Riffo and Salcedo; Meléndez, Sanhueza, Millar and Torres (Opazo); Barrios (González) and Carranza (Caroca).
Coach: M. Barticciotto
Booked: Mena, Meléndez and Riffo
Red Card: Meléndez

Venue: Palestra Italia Stadium
Referee: Sergio Pezzota – Argentina
Attendance: 23,285

5 minutes later we got better and equalised the match, Diego Souza kicked and Cevallos gave rebound and Willans put it in the back of the net. But we didn’t count with a mistake of two world champions, Edmílson tried to protect the ball to Marcos catch it and both didn’t spoke same language, Wálter Calderón once again scored at 34′.

After halftime, Luxemburgo put on Marquinhos to replace Maurício Ramos, in this way, Palmeiras changed 3-5-2 to 4-4-2. At 46′ we equalised again with Edmílson.

But at 57′ Argentinean Manso free-kicked and scored.

After 9 matches unbeaten between Paulistão and Libertadores Cup qualifying round we lost. But it’s normal now we have to raise our heads and carry on.

LDU 3 v. 2 SE PALMEIRAS
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia).
Venue: Casa Blanca, Quito
Attendance: unrevealed

LDU: Cevallos; Campos, Araujo, Calle and Reasco; Urrutia (Larrea), W. Araujo, Ambrossi (D. Calderón) and Manso; Bieler and W. Calderón (Obregón).
Coach: Jorge Fossati.
Booked: Ambrossi and Larrea

Palmeiras: Marcos; M. Ramos (Marquinhos), Edmílson and Danilo; F. Capixaba (Evandro), Pierre, C. Xavier, D. Souza and Armero; Willans (Lenny) and Keirrison.
Coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo.
Booked: Pierre, Maurício Ramos, Armero and Danilo

HIGHLIGHTS