Palmeiras x Novorizontino: where to watch today, time and team lineup

Dominant in São Paulo football and winner of the main titles in recent years, the Palm trees plays this Thursday, at 9:35 pm, with the idea of ​​going to the final of Paulistão for the fifth consecutive time. To play the decision again, you have to eliminate the Novorizontino at the Allianz Parque. The Alviverde team is looking for its third consecutive State Championship, something it hasn’t achieved since 1934.

The Palmeiras arena had its lawn renovatedwith the placement of cork imported from Portugal in place of the old thermoplastic compound, which melted due to heat and pollution, and will be restarted after two months. During this period, Palmeiras played at Arena Barueri, managed by Crefipar, one of president Leila Pereira’s companies.

Palmeiras remained undefeated in Barueri, but were eager to return to their home ground, as it suffered significant financial losses and played with low attendance. This Thursday, the stadium will be full. Around 40 thousand Palmeiras fans are expected at the stadium.

Abel Ferreira has the complete group at his disposal, as the players who were in the Data Fifa friendlies have returned. Defender Murilo and striker Endrick, who were with the Brazilian team, and midfielder Richard Ríos, back after playing for Colombia, had a special operation upon their return from international friendlies.

The trio, who were in Madrid, caught a ride on the plane of President Leila Pereira, head of the Brazilian delegation, and arrived in São Paulo on Wednesday morning. With a special schedule, they carried out separate regenerative activities.

Murilo did not play for Brazil and should be one of the starting defenders in the three-defender formation. The tendency is for Richard Ríos to start among the reserves. It remains to be seen whether Endrick, the team’s biggest star and who was the protagonist of the team against England and Spain, will be able to start the match.

“It will be a very difficult game, we know their quality. We already faced them in the first Paulista game, they are a very good team, very well trained”, said defender Murilo about Novorizontino, against whom Palmeiras played their first game in the State. In Novo Horizonte, the teams tied 1-1.

There is also expectation for the return of Gustavo Gómez. The Palmeiras captain has recovered from a broken toe and has been training without limitations.

Big surprise of the championship, the team from Novo Horizonte is undefeated in the tournament against all the big four in the state. They beat Corinthians and Santos in the first phase and eliminated São Paulo at MorumBis to advance to the semifinals.

Two well-known figures from Palmeiras will be on the opposite side: coach Eduardo Baptista, who coached the Alviverde team in 2017, and midfielder Rômulo, who has already signed a five-year contract and will be a team player at the end of Paulistão.

They may think that he will stop putting his foot down, that it will mess with his head, but Novorizontino is very confident in the training of its athletes and proof of this is Rômulo, who was traded in the middle of the competition. After the negotiation, he started to play even more, to the happiness of Palmeiras and ours”, said Genilson Rocha, president of Novorizontino.

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