Palmeiras suffer sixth straight defeat with referee from Flamengo clash | OneFootball

In a match marked by individual mistakes and refereeing errors, Palmeiras was defeated by Flamengo 3-2 on Sunday afternoon (19th), missing the chance to pull ahead in the lead of the Brazilian Championship. Vitor Roque and Gustavo Gómez scored for Palmeiras, while Arrascarta, Jorginho, and Pedro scored for the team from Rio.

With this result, Verdão and Flamengo are tied on the table, both with 61 points from 28 matches played. Palmeiras remains in the lead due to tiebreaker criteria—19 wins versus 18.

Poor recent record

Palmeiras has not won a match with Wilton Pereira Sampaio officiating since 2023, when Verdão defeated América Mineiro 4-0 at Allianz Parque. Since then, the Greatest Champion of Brazil has played eight matches, with two draws and six consecutive defeats.

The most recent defeat was this Sunday (19th), 3-2 at Maracanã, in a match filled with controversy and refereeing errors.

Microphone turned off?

After Sunday’s match (19th), Abel Ferreira and Gustavo Gómez said that Wilton Pereira Sampaio turned off his microphone and said ‘nonsense’ to the players after the end of the match at Maracanã.

What now?

With this result, Verdão and Flamengo are tied on the Brazilian Championship table, both with 61 points from 28 matches played. Palmeiras remains in the lead due to tiebreaker criteria—19 wins versus 18.

The Palmeiras team returns to the field for the Brasileirão next Sunday (26th) at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time) against Cruzeiro, at Allianz Parque. The team from Minas Gerais is in third place, five points behind Palmeiras, but with one more match played—29 compared to 28.

Before that, the team will play the first leg of the Libertadores semifinal, against LDU, on Thursday (23rd) at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), away from home in Quito, Ecuador.

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