Maurício and Flaco praise Palmeiras' identity after comeback win | OneFootball

This Sunday’s Choque-Rei ended with a victory for Palmeiras, the new provisional leader of the Brazilian Championship. São Paulo even took a 2-0 lead at Morumbis, but Verdão came from behind. After the match, Maurício and Flaco López praised the “unshakable” identity of Alviverde and celebrated the historic result.

“Very happy with the match we played, the credit goes to the whole team. It’s an identity that not only this team has already shown, but the club itself has demonstrated many times. To never give up, always believe, regardless of the difficulties we faced in the first half,” Maurício told Globo.

“We knew we had the entire second half ahead of us. I’m very happy to be back playing. I didn’t have a run of games recently, but I waited, worked, knew my moment would come and that I had to be ready. Today, I was very happy along with my teammates,” he said.

With the win, Palmeiras, in first place with 55 points, awaits the end of the round to see if they will remain at the top of the table. Soon, at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), Flamengo visits Bahia in Salvador and could overtake Verdão.

“It’s very important, the game where we started badly. We weren’t playing the way Palmeiras usually plays. But that’s football. We managed to adjust things at halftime. Thank God, we managed to play another historic match. On the field and got a victory,” Flaco added.

Alviverde returns to the pitch next Saturday, at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), when they host Juventude, for the 12th (postponed) round of the Brasileirão.

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