Holy derby: Marcos bows out at Palmeiras and is canonised | OneFootball

Marcos's last time in a Derby happened exactly 15 years ago. August 28, 2011, was the goalkeeper’s final appearance in the rivalry match that helped establish him as one of the greatest in the club’s 112-year history.

Only a few matches later

Knee pain kept Marcos from putting together a run of games in 2011, his final year as a professional. After the Derby in Presidente Prudente, he played only four more matches, the last of them on September 18, in a 1-1 draw against Avaí in Florianópolis.

– It’s hard to talk to you about it, because besides being a Palmeiras fan, he lived every bit of it, wanted the best, was always striving for something, he never wanted Palmeiras to suffer any loss because of him. Whether I was going to be the coach or not, he never wanted that. So, I’d rather stop, I’d rather see what my life is going to be. It’s hard to stop or say you won’t play anymore because of this or that, because every player feels a huge blow, but Marcos is that different kind of person who had no problem stopping, none at all – says Felipão, in a conversation with NOSSO PALESTRA for the Santo Dérbi special.

Pain since 2009

Although he only retired in 2011, the problem in his left knee had started years earlier. In the round of 16 of the Libertadores, against Sport, Marcos was already dealing with pain.

– He has a more bowed knee, with a cushion where he lost a piece, so he suffered a lot, and there came a point when he started to feel uncomfortable, heavy. Even so, in that match in Recife, he was already battling – comments Rubens Sampaio.

‘A defense no one gets past’

One year after officially retiring, Marcos had his farewell match at Pacaembu, on the night between December 11 and 12, 2012. The night of his canonization was his last meeting with Palmeiras fans on the pitch.

– Marcos embodied the line from the anthem’s chorus, “a defense no one gets past.” So Palmeiras fans always went into the match with that certainty, with the sense of security that Marcos gave them on the field, and he represented Palmeiras fans exactly like that, in the line from the anthem, “a defense no one gets past.” With Marcos in goal, Marcos represented Palmeiras fans – explains José Mariano Barrella, who worked as Marcos’s ball boy in Palestra Italia matches in the 1990s.

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