Ex-São Paulo boss: Abel would need to be a god vs River Plate | OneFootball

Palmeiras and River Plate face each other on September 17 and 24 in the quarter-finals of the Conmebol Libertadores. Having the best campaign, Verdão will decide the knockout round at Allianz Parque.

Former rival coach talks about Palmeiras coach

In an interview with ESPN Argentina, Luis Zubeldía, who coached São Paulo between 2024 and 2025, analyzed Brazilian football projecting the clash between Verdão and the Argentinians and spoke about Abel Ferreira.

– Abel would have to be a kind of God at Palmeiras, yet they keep questioning him – he said

Video: ESPN Argentina

Recently, Marcelo Gallardo, coach of River Plate, analyzed the decisive clash against Alviverde. The teams meet again after the 2020 Libertadores semi-final that qualified Verdão for the grand final.

– Palmeiras also doesn't want to play against us. Everyone here is talking about Palmeiras, but in Brazil, they are also talking about River Plate. It will be very balanced – he said

Reunion

Verdão and River Plate meet again in the Conmebol Libertadores after the semi-final clash of the competition in 2020. At that time, Alviverde won away from home 3-0.

At Allianz Parque, the Argentinians won 2-0, and the Greatest Champion of Brazil advanced and won the grand final against Santos.

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