Santo derby: extra help for Marcos and a lift with rival after progress | OneFootball

The year 1999 was not enough to intensify the Derby rivalry in the Copa Libertadores. Fate would have it that Palmeiras and Corinthians faced each other again in the knockout stage, this time in the semifinals, with Marcos once again as the main character.

Cassette tape

The second leg of the semifinal took place on June 6, and 26 years ago information was not as readily available as it is today. So it fell to goalkeeping coach Carlos Pracidelli to find a way to prepare for a possible penalty shootout.

– We have a colleague named Helô Campanholo, and I made a request to her. I said: “Helô, could you get me the penalties taken by Corinthians players?” Because if we beat Corinthians in regular time, it could go to penalties, and Helô said: “No, Carlos, I’ll do my best” – Pracidelli recalls to NOSSO PALESTRA.

A request? It’s an order!

After Carlos Pracidelli’s request, Helô, then at TV Bandeirantes, thought of a way to help get the video of Corinthians’ recent penalties. The journalist remembers that when it came to Palmeiras, it was not just a request.

– A request from Palmeiras was an order, right? As a Palmeiras fan that I am. At the time, Pracidelli was saying the team would go to a penalty shootout. In his head, he was convinced it would go to penalties, and then he spoke to me during a training session. So I talked to a friend of mine, who is also a huge Palmeiras fan, Marquinhos. We separated all the penalties Corinthians took for Palmeiras. He said: “Right away!” – Helô recalls to NP.

An afternoon of TV at the training camp

With the footage separated, Helô delivered it to Pracidelli, and the study session took place in the team hotel room hours before the second match. In the first leg, Palmeiras had lost 4-3. The goalkeeping coach called Marcos, Sérgio and Marcelo to analyze the rival’s spot kicks.

– Marcão said: ‘Damn, I’ve never seen so many penalties in my life, at the team hotel.’ I said: Ah, Marcão, it was for the greater good. And that’s how it was, it was a request and it was an order, you know? – says Helô Campanholo.

There and back

With the penalties studied and Palmeiras winning 3-2, the decision went to penalties, just as Pracidelli had predicted. Even with the corners practiced, Marcos insisted on diving the other way, until he followed the plan on the fifth and final kick, precisely Marcelinho’s.

– If you watch the video of that penalty, Marcelinho places the ball on the spot, stands up and steps back. He strikes it and already starts to celebrate. When he took it, he looked up to celebrate and already saw Marcos diving and making the save – Carlos Pracidelli recounts.

In the elevator with the enemy

Present at Morumbi Stadium, Helô put into practice what she had decided to do a year earlier. After getting nervous during the penalty shootout in the 1999 final, the journalist decided she would never again watch Palmeiras penalties. That vow remains to this day.

After walking through the stadium corridors while the kicks were being taken, Helô headed to the locker room after qualification. An unusual situation happened in the very next moment of euphoria over the victory, once again against their biggest rival.

– I remember Marcelinho’s wife and their small children in the elevator, and she was sad. Then there was no other way. Sorry, someone has to cry, someone has to cry, let it be you – Helô concludes.

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