Palmeiras beat Sertãozinho, lead Paulista U20 second round | OneFootball

The Palmeiras U-20 team defeated Sertãozinho 2-0 on Saturday afternoon in the first leg of the second phase of the Paulista Championship, at Estádio Frederico Dalmaso, in Sertãozinho. The goals from the Academy’s Youngsters came from Marcio Vitor and Diogo.

With this result, Verdão takes the advantage in the quest for a spot in the round of 16 of the competition. The return leg is scheduled for next Friday (12th), at 3:00 PM (Brasília time), at Academia de Futebol 2, in Guarulhos.

Palmeiras is aiming for their 14th Paulista U-20 title, having won six of the last eight editions of the competition.

See how Sertãozinho vs Palmeiras went

Palmeiras opened the scoring at the 31st minute of the first half. Hugo received the ball on the left and crossed to the far post for Marcio Vitor, who struck a beautiful volley into the back of the net.

Then, at the 35th minute of the second half, Palmeiras extended their lead with Diogo. After a corner kick from the left, Diogo rose above the defenders and headed the ball into the back of the net.

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