Santos 2×1 Palmeiras; advantage lost for the 2nd leg

April 13th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

Palmeiras lost the second decision last Saturday:
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That was a great match, despite Palmeiras defeat. The two teams entered with offensive tactics and mindsets, which gave the match lot of action, especially in the first half. In the second half, Palmeiras decided to be patient [...]

Sport 0×2 Palmeiras; Palmeiras win first decision!

April 9th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

In the week of decisions, Palmeiras made a great result and beat Sport in the Ilha do Retiro 0-2.
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There was a lot of unsureness about this game: Palmeiras had zero points in Libertadores da América, and Sport had 6, in two games each; mor [...]

Palmeiras’ shirts blog

April 8th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

I’ve just found an amazing blog of Palmeiras’ shirts:
http://magliaverde.blogspot.com/
It’s in portuguese, but have a great archive of photos. And there’s always google translate. =P

Palmeiras 2×1 Botafogo-SP; Playoffs Analysis

April 7th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

Palmeiras beat Botafogo-SP yesterday, and guaranteed the first position in the table:
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Palmeiras entered with the best team possible, not resting players to the game against Sport, in Wednesday. The only one preserved was Marcos, and Palmeiras felt his absence, since the reserve goalkeeper, Bruno, [...]

Palmeiras players donate 1000 easter eggs to kids with cancer

April 4th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

Yesterday Palmeiras staff (the coach Luxemburgo and some players as Keirrison, Diego Souza and Edmilson) went to GRAAC (Suport Group to Kids with Cancer) and, besides the visit, gave 1000 Easter eggs to the kids.
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Asked about football issues, Luxemburgo said that, after a meeting [...]

Changing sponsor’s logos at half-time?!

April 3rd, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

I forgot to put this in the post of the defeat against Sao Paulo; Palmeiras’ played the first half of the game with this sponsor:

And the second half with the new logo:

The first logo, 54M5UN6, was the promotional logo of the Samsung Scrapy, new product of the company.
I really think that Palmeiras should have entered [...]

Oeste 1×1 Palmeiras; Palmeiras fails to achieve antecipated 1st place

April 1st, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

Last night Palmeiras tied with Oeste de Itápolis 1-1:
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That wasn’t a good game. Palmeiras created chances but failed to finish it well, and after conceding the goal, had only strength to draw the game. On the other had, the defeat was not bad to [...]

São Paulo 1×0 Palmeiras; Palmeiras loses the first game of the championship

March 31st, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

As predictable, Palmeiras lost the derby against São Paulo last Saturday:
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Predictable because, as I said in previews post, Palmeiras always have a hard time playing against São Paulo in the Morumbi, and the game didn’t worth much to Palmeiras as to São Paulo.
And São [...]

São Paulo v. Palmeiras; Derby Preview

March 27th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

Just like Palmeiras v. Corinthians, the game against São Paulo is one of the greatest derbies of the year, specially because the previews matches were very controversial and competitive.
The Records:

Games: 276
Palmeiras Wins: 92
São Paulo Wins: 95
Draws: 89
Palmeiras scored 366 goals, and São Paulo scored 372.

Recent History:

Last year the derby of Palmeiras against São Paulo was [...]

Palmeiras 2×1 Bragantino – Ortigoza show!

March 25th, 2009 by Renato Siviero dos Santos

Palmeiras beat last night Bragantino at Palestra Itália:
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With a Barcelona agent to scout Keirrison, the night was dominated by the paraguayan Ortigoza, who scored twice and saved Palmeiras after the own goal of Jeci.
Without Pierre (suspended) and Armero (in Colombian National team), Luxemburgo decided [...]