Palmeiras beat Novorizontino to take the lead in the Paulistão final 🎥
Palmeiras took the lead in the final of the Campeonato Paulista this Wednesday (4).
The team led by Abel Ferreira defeated Novorizontino 1-0 in a match held at Arena Barueri.
Flaco López scored the only goal of the match, still in the first half.
The team from the countryside even missed a penalty kick, which was saved by Carlos Miguel.
As expected, Palmeiras dominated possession and appeared more in the attacking half.
But it wasn’t easy for Abel Ferreira’s team to threaten the opponent’s goal.
Novorizontino showed no fear and marked tightly to try to win the ball back and break quickly.
Palmeiras’ first shot came at the 35th minute and ended up in the net.
Flaco López took a low shot from outside the box and put the ball out of Jordi’s reach, scoring his seventh goal in 2026.
Novorizontino had a great chance to equalize with a penalty still in the first half.
Andreas Pereira made a mistake playing out from the back, Vinícius Paiva recovered the ball, and was brought down inside the box.
On the kick, Carlos Miguel stood still in the middle of the goal and saved Robson’s shot.
Palmeiras even found the net at the start of the second half with Gustavo Gómez, with a header, but the play was ruled out for offside.
Verdão kept looking for a 2-0 lead, but created very few chances to score.
The team from the interior of São Paulo continued to make life difficult for the home side and kept the deficit to just one goal.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
