Palmeiras fail to score in back-to-back games for first time since March | OneFootball

After a good streak in the season, Palmeiras has been fluctuating and reached the third game without a win in the goalless draw with Cruzeiro last Sunday, during the 30th round of the Brazilian Championship. This was the second consecutive match where Verdão failed to score, not netting any goals.

The main strength of the team during the positive streak before these last three games was the chemistry of the attacking duo formed by Flaco López and Vitor Roque. Together, they scored 13 goals in the last ten matches. However, neither managed to find the back of the net in the defeat to LDU and the draw with Cruzeiro.

The last time Palmeiras had a scoreless streak was in March, between the end of the Paulista Championship and the start of the Brasileirão. At that time, Verdão had two goalless draws: against Corinthians, in the State final, and against Botafogo, in the Brasileirão debut.

Palmeiras needs the brilliance of the Flaco-Roque duo

Palmeiras takes the field this Thursday for the second leg of the Libertadores semifinal needing to overturn the 3-0 defeat suffered in the first leg at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium in Quito, Ecuador. Flaco López and Vitor Roque are the hopes for goals.

To try to stay alive in the competition, Palmeiras needs at least a victory by three goals difference to take it to penalties. If they want to advance without penalties, they need to win 4-0. Coach Abel Ferreira has adopted an optimistic tone and trusts in his team's unprecedented comeback in a Libertadores under his command.

“What defines us is not the results, it's how we face the results we have and what we will do next, whether it's a defeat or a victory. We can achieve great victories, and what am I going to do next? Sit on the victory? We can have great defeats like the 3-0 after an immaculate Libertadores, no defeat the whole time, and now we lost 3-0. What defines us will not be the defeat, what defines us is what we will do now, on Thursday,” said Abel after the draw with Cruzeiro.

The match kicks off this Thursday at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) at Allianz Parque.

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