Felipão’s banana, delirious dressing room and Marcos revered by fans in 2000 Dérbi | OneFootball

Palmeiras clinched a place in the 2000 Copa Libertadores final when Marcos saved Marcelinho Carioca’s penalty, sparking wild scenes. Felipão sprinted for the dressing room, and a notorious gesture added an extra edge to the night.

According to Nosso Palestra, an enduring image was Felipão directing a banana gesture at rival fans in the Morumbi stands. He now says it is etched in memory, admits he should not have done it, yet calls it a product of the moment.

Former club doctor Rubens Sampaio recalls perhaps the most spontaneous, explosive dressing-room celebration he had witnessed. He describes a catharsis as Palmeiras won and progressed against their rivals for a second straight year.

The ecstasy spilled onto São Paulo’s streets into Wednesday’s small hours. Supporters left the stadium for the Palestra Italia area to keep the party going.

Paulo Vinícius Coelho says he left with his uncle Silvio, had a beer by Morumbi, then headed to the Sumaré petrol station, once Texaco and now Ipiranga, arriving around two in the morning, where fans re-enacted the kick with cans as posts.

He adds that by about four, a large Blazer rolled in, driven by Sônia, Marcos’s wife. Marcos leaned half out of the car as Palmeiras fans reached to touch him, treating their goalkeeper like a saint made flesh.

Source: Nosso Palestra

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