Luighi scores, Palmeiras beat Portuguesa with extra man in Paulista | OneFootball

In their season opener for 2026, Palmeiras overcame Portuguesa this Saturday. Verdão defeated Lusa 1-0 at Canindé, in the first round of the Campeonato Paulista. Academy product Luighi was responsible for the only goal of the match, which also marked the debut of midfielder Marlon Freitas for Alviverde.

Standings

With this result, Palmeiras ends the day in third place in the Campeonato Paulista table, with three points. Portuguesa, on the other hand, sits in 15th, with zero points. There are still eight teams left to play in this round, which concludes on Sunday.

📋 Match Summary

🔴 PORTUGUESA 0 x 1 PALMEIRAS 🟢

🏆 Competition: First round of the Campeonato Paulista 🏟️ Venue: Estádio do Canindé, in São Paulo (SP) 📅 Date: January 10, 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 8:30 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards: Salomão, Eduardo Biazus, Hudson (Portuguesa); Murilo (Palmeiras) 🟥 Red Cards: Igor Thiago (Portuguesa)

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Goals

🔴 Portuguesa

Bruno Bertinato (Lohan); João Vitor, Gustavo Henrique, Eduardo Biazus and Salomão; Hudson (Mateus Cecchini), Zé Vitor (Keven Coloni) and Gabriel Pires (Guilherme Portuga); Igor Torres, Maceió and Renê (Ewerthon) Coach: Fábio Matías

🟢 Palmeiras

Carlos Miguel; Giay, Murilo (Bruno Fuchs), Benedetti and Jefté (Khellven); Marlon Freitas, Larson (Erick Belé) and Maurício; Sosa, Luighi (Bruno Rodrigues) and Allan (Andreas Pereira) Coach: Abel Ferreira

How the match went

First half

The match started with Palmeiras trying to create chances with quick passes, but with intensity, Portuguesa managed to prevent Verdão from imposing their game and had the first good chance of the match at seven minutes, when Igor Torres received a cross and headed wide. After 10 minutes, Alviverde had their first chance to score from an Allan corner. The young Larson even won in the air, but headed out of bounds.

At 21 minutes, Sosa took a dangerous free kick under the wall, but goalkeeper Bruno Bertinato was alert and made the save. At 37 minutes, Murilo played a poor back pass to Carlos Miguel, who had to recover quickly to save Renê's shot with the tip of his foot. At the end of the first half, Palmeiras had good opportunities with Luighi and Maurício, but both missed their chances. At 48 minutes, Allan made a good solo play and shot left-footed with spin, but Bertinato did well to prevent Alviverde's goal.

Second half

Just five minutes into the second half, Igor Thiago caught Larson's shin with his studs and, after a VAR review, was sent off, leaving Portuguesa a man down. Three minutes later, Palmeiras managed to open the scoring. Maurício played a one-two with Larson, entered the box and, as goalkeeper Bertinato came out, passed to Luighi to tap into the net.

After the goal, Portuguesa managed to be more aggressive and had good moments in attack. At 29 minutes, Maceió pulled off a series of dribbles and shot hard for Carlos Miguel to make a point-blank save. Afterwards, Palmeiras managed to control the game to avoid any more scares and secure the win at Canindé.

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