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Leila Pereira, from Palmeiras, and Luiz Eduardo Baptista, from Flamengo, are ‘fighting’ behind the scenes

Once a customer, always a customer! Flamengo defeated Palmeiras 3-2 this Sunday (19th), in the 29th round of the Brasileirão. Despite the pressure exerted behind the scenes of Brazilian football by Leila Pereira and Abel Ferreira, Mengão collected six points against the São Paulo team in the championship.

In the first round of the Brasileirão, Flamengo visited Palmeiras at Allianz Parque and defeated Abel Ferreira’s team 2-0. On that occasion, in a match marked by poor refereeing from Ramon Abatti Abel, Arrascaeta and Ayrton Lucas found the net for Mengão.

How was the match at Maracanã?

This Sunday (19th), Flamengo and Palmeiras faced each other again at Maracanã, for the 29th round of the Brasileirão. The teams, in fact, scored early in the match, with Arrascaeta and Vitor Roque.

However, from the middle of the first half on, Flamengo began to dominate the action. After Bruno Fuchs committed a penalty on Pedro, Jorginho put Mengão back in the lead. Then, at the end of the first half, Pedro scored the third goal for the red-and-black team in the match. Finally, Gustavo Gómez pulled one back for Palmeiras.

What’s going on behind the scenes between Leila Pereira and Flamengo?

It’s worth noting that the heated atmosphere between Flamengo and Palmeiras doesn’t happen only on the field. That’s because Leila Pereira and Luiz Eduardo Baptista continue to ‘clash’ behind the scenes because of Libra.

This is because Flamengo keeps fighting with Libra in search of a better share of broadcast rights revenue. The president of Palmeiras, however, does not agree with Bap and ‘takes jabs’ at the Most Beloved behind the scenes of Brazilian football.

What’s the situation of the teams in the Brasileirão?

With the victory this Sunday (19th), Flamengo matched Palmeiras’ 61 points, but remains in second place in the Brasileirão. After all, Abel Ferreira’s team has the advantage in the tiebreaker (number of wins: 19 vs 18).

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