The home campaign is impressive: in four games, three wins and one draw. Nine goals scored, none conceded. The team created 12 big chances and didn’t allow any. Additionally, they needed only 7.7 shots per goal, with an average of 57% possession.
The strong point? The defense. Verdão hasn’t been breached in front of their fans in this Libertadores. Now, the challenge will be greater: River Plate awaits in the quarter-finals.
Palmeiras and River have written great chapters in the Libertadores. The most memorable duel was in the 2020 semi-final: a 3-0 victory for Verdão in Argentina and a tough qualification after a 2-0 defeat in São Paulo.
The sequence would see Alviverde winning the trophy over Santos.
In 1999, River was also in the way, and Palmeiras came out on top in the quarter-finals, on their way to their first continental title.
Tradition is not lacking: the matchup repeats as another classic of the Libertadores.
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