Santo derby: extra help for Marcos, lift with rival after berth | OneFootball

The year 1999 was not enough to intensify the Derby rivalry in the Copa Libertadores. Fate had it that Palmeiras and Corinthians would face each other again in the knockout stage, this time in the semifinal, with Marcos once again as the protagonist.

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 was up 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 was possible we would go to penalties, and Helô said: “No, Carlos, I’ll do my best” – Pracidelli recalled 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 with Corinthians players’ recent penalties. The journalist remembers that when it came to Palmeiras, it was not just a request.

– Palmeiras’ request was an order, right? As a Palmeiras supporter myself. At that time, Pracidelli was saying that 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 gathered all the penalties Corinthians had taken, for Palmeiras. He said: “Right away!” – Helô recalled to NP.

An afternoon of TV at the training camp

With the footage sorted, Helô handed 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 training camp.” I said: Ah, Marcão, it was for the greater good. And that was it, 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, gets up and steps back. He takes the kick and already starts to celebrate. When he struck it, he looked up to celebrate and already saw Marcos diving and making the save – Carlos Pracidelli said.

In the elevator with the enemy

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. The 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 next moment of euphoria over the victory, once again against their biggest rival.

– I remember Marcelinho’s wife and the little 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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