Weverton hails Palmeiras comeback, celebrates semi-final spot | OneFootball

Palmeiras defeated River Plate, by 3 to 1, coming from behind, on Wednesday night, and secured a spot in the semifinals of the Libertadores. Vitor Roque and Flaco López (twice) scored the goals for Verdão at Allianz Parque. Goalkeeper Weverton assessed the match and valued Palmeiras' qualification.

"Another beautiful Libertadores night. Football is always in the details. We had a great first half in the first leg and in the second half they managed to rebalance, give us work and reduce our advantage. Today we didn't start well, but in the second half Abel made the necessary changes, we did well and we got the qualification," he told getv.

"River Plate is a great team, we know about their tradition in South American football, they are a very tough opponent. The important thing was the qualification, we achieved it on merit, very well. Congratulations to everyone. I was able to help with defense. Happy for the work," he concluded.

Palmeiras back to the semifinals

With the result, Verdão returns to compete in the Libertadores semifinals after falling in the round of 16 in 2024. This will be the fifth under the command of Abel Ferreira. With the Portuguese in charge, Verdão competed in the semifinals in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

What now?

Now, it awaits the winner of LDU x São Paulo, who face each other on Thursday, at Morumbis. The Ecuadorian team won the first match by 2 to 0. The semifinals are scheduled to take place between October 22 and 29.

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