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Pedro Shone in Flamengo's Great Victory Over Palmeiras

The 2025 season for Pedro has had its ups and downs. From public scoldings by Filipe Luís to redemption. After participating in all three goals for Flamengo against Palmeiras this Sunday (19), the number 9 opened up and thanked his teammates for their performance.

— God gave me a lot of strength this year to recover, to endure everything that happened to me. Today was proof of that, an important match. If we lost, we would be very far from Palmeiras. Of course, there is still a lot of the championship ahead — said Pedro.

— We knew it was an important game. Great happiness for our team, thank God I also did well, scoring a goal, providing an assist, and suffering a penalty. So, I thank my teammates for their effort. A very important victory in a classic. Both teams gave 100%, it was a great game. Football wins with this match — added the number 9.

HOW DID PEDRO SHINE AGAINST PALMEIRAS?

In the first goal, Pedro provided a beautiful assist for Arrascaeta to open the scoring. In the second goal, the number 9 was tackled by Bruno Fuchs inside the area, resulting in a penalty converted by Jorginho. Finally, the striker scored his own goal in the 3-2 victory.

With this result, Flamengo jumps to 61 points, the same as Palmeiras. However, Abel Ferreira's team remains in the lead due to the number of victories. Nevertheless, after returning to the fight in the Brasileirão, now Mengo shifts focus to the Libertadores. On Wednesday (22), the Rubro-Negro faces Racing (ARG) in the semifinal of the continental competition.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.