Andreas Pereira on how he’ll celebrate if he scores v Palmeiras | OneFootball

Andreas Pereira will face Flamengo for the first time since leaving in 2022

When he left Flamengo in 2022, Andreas Pereira declared his love for the club and promised he would return one day. However, since the Rubro-Negro never showed interest in signing him, the midfielder signed with Palmeiras. On the eve of the clash between the leaders of the Brasileirão, the player revealed how he will react if he scores at Maracanã.

“If I score, I’m at Palmeiras. Everything they did for me, the affection for my family… If I score, I will celebrate. That’s football, I’m defending Palmeiras, it’s my club. If there’s a goal, there will be a celebration,” said Andreas Pereira in an interview with journalist André Hernan.

“It’s a special game, very important in the title race. It’s my first game for Palmeiras there, so I’ll definitely want to win,” added the midfielder, when asked if facing Flamengo at Maracanã will have a different feeling for him.

WHEN WILL FLAMENGO VS PALMEIRAS TAKE PLACE?

Andreas Pereira’s reunion with Flamengo will take place on October 19, when Palmeiras heads to Maracanã, with kickoff at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time). At this moment, both teams are at the top of the Brasileirão table, with 55 points. However, the team from São Paulo has one game in hand.

Palmeiras will play one of those matches on Saturday (11th), against Juventude, at Allianz Parque. Afterwards, on 15/15, Andreas’s team will face Bragantino, also at home. Meanwhile, Flamengo will play Botafogo, on the same day, at Engenhão.

HOW WAS ANDREAS PEREIRA’S TIME AT FLAMENGO?

On loan from Manchester United (ENG), Andreas Pereira arrived at Flamengo in mid-2021. However, the player became negatively marked by his mistake in the final of the Libertadores, precisely against Palmeiras. For this reason, Mengão chose not to buy the player.

Nevertheless, Andreas still played for Flamengo in the first half of 2022 and took part in the early stages of the campaigns that led to the Libertadores and Copa do Brasil titles that year. In fact, the midfielder even received Mengão’s medals, even though he was a Fulham (ENG) player at the time.

Wearing the Sacred Mantle, Andreas Pereira played 53 matches, scoring eight goals and providing three assists. Curiously, the player’s last goal came in his farewell match, against Deportivo Tolima (COL), away from home, in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.

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