Palmeiras win battle of Brazilian clubs at Club World Cup, set up statement match with Europeans next

Philadelphia – Lincoln Financial Field may be confused because he is the site of a Copa Libertadores -Final as fans of Palmeiras and Botafogo unveiled Tifos, who started a war of noise to match the players who collide with the field. Instead, it was the scene of the Club World Cup round of 16, after a group stage where Brazilian teams have given the lead to bring passion to and next to the field and to show that they are more than ready to compete with Europe’s best.

After a fairly physical match, only Palmeiras would remain in this competition and beat Botafogo with 1-0 thanks Paulinho’s Goal in extra time.

Flags were waved and Tifos were revealed as hymns of “Palmeiras” and other songs, and Botafogo -keeper John Victor did everything he could just protect his net, but in the end the pressure was too much. Psg -boss Luis Enrique After their upset, the Botafogo defense praised victory at his club in the second game of the group stage, and their resilience showed again on Saturday, but Palmieras had too much in their corner in the extra-time affair.

The other Brazilian teams left, Flamengo and Fluminense, still get the chance to come to them, but they will have a good task to watch Bayern Munich And Underrespectively. A Brazilian team has not won the competition since Corinthians in 2012, even though the Brazilian Serie A has a representative in the final in four of the last 10 editions of this competition, but they make a strong show to change that year.

It has already been the first edition where a Brazilian team has beaten one of UEFA since 2012, and it is an achievement that happened more than once, because both Botafogo and Flamengo could achieve the performance, PSG and the beating of PSG and Chelsearespectively.

Botafogo’s run may be over, but it is a memorable one that they can be extremely proud of in a difficult tournament.

“The work that Botafogo has done since we came to the US is very proud to offer us. We all want to win, but only one team could be able to. We have no reason to believe that we were behind Palmieras during the competition, there were times when they were better and there were times that we were better,” said Botafogo manager Renato Paiva. “For a team that has been working with this staff for a few months and with new players to play against these other teams, we only have reasons for fans to be proud of us. In the dressing room I forbade them to keep their heads down because they should be proud, and today Botafogo made himself known to the world.”

For Botafogo, a memorable tournament comes off with a change on the horizon as Igor Jesus And Sea man Cunha is expected to join Nottingham Forest to the Premier League, but with their progress in the tournament they will have more means to bring in replacements. It’s something they are used to replacing Thiago Almada and other players of their strong team Last campaign, and it has been part of the reality of success in Brazil When successful teams make players stand out from clubs abroad.

Then for Palmeiras they stay in Philadelphia for the winner of Chelsea and Benfica On July 4, fans give even more time to prepare for the occasion. They had countless Tifos, many songs, and were more prepared for Botafogo, and they need just as much in the next round, especially with the middle behind Gustavo Gomes is not available after collecting his second yellow card deep in extra time to be suspended for the quarterfinals.

South American fans have so far been one of the stories of the tournament, but the Argentinian parties are already losing during the group phase of the club World Cup, they need a club to not only wear their banner through the knockouts, but also to win this tournament. Brazilian football used to be in the center of the world, and the club World Cup can be a chance to send a memory. Palmeiras reached the final of this competition in 2021 and fell to Chelsea, and they can get the chance to avenge that, depending on how things break.

“If we win, great. If we lose, at least we have to do our utmost and that is exactly what we did today,” Palmeiras manager Abel Ferreira said. “I have no words to describe our fans, they were passionate and supported us until the end.”

They have not yet reached their end and they are not planning that it will be soon.