Allan leads Palmeiras’ threat in blunt draw, 17 shots with only three on target | OneFootball

Palmeiras squandered the chance to tighten their Brasileiro lead with a flat draw, despite peppering the goal without precision. Globo.com reports that Palmeiras produced 17 attempts, only three on target, in a below-par display.

In the first half, Carlos Miguel was largely untested, saving both of Internacional’s attempts on target as they mustered seven shots. Murilo operated centrally with Gómez sidelined by a thigh problem, sliding a pass at 12 minutes that came to nothing. Marlon Freitas won the ball at 26 minutes to spark the clearest opening, Allan’s close-range effort striking a defender near the line.

After the break, Emiliano Martínez, used on the right of a back three, snuffed out a chance in the first minute and a counter at 30 minutes, then made way for Giay at 31. Allan found space on the right and crossed at 16 minutes with no takers, before being replaced by Felipe Anderson at 31.

At 12 minutes of the second half, Maurício and Ramón Sosa made way for Flaco López and Vitor Roque. Vitor Roque led the late push with headers at 24 and 33 minutes and a low strike saved by Matheus Cunha, while Flaco followed with a header that came to nothing. In stoppage time Felipe Anderson blazed over and Giay overhit a cross.

Piquerez impressed on the left with two tackles, one launching a counter. Alexander Barboza returned from a foot knock that kept him out against Fortaleza, adding three tackles and a tidy pass into Arias. Arias again underpinned the shape without shooting, finishing with four tackles and remaining the team’s leader for that metric in the Brasileiro, while Abel Ferreira’s changes brought volume but not accuracy.

Source: Globo.com

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