Best offense and best defense face to face in pursuit of the title
Palmeiras and Vasco will soon play their first match in the final of the Copa do Brasil-17. The ball will roll at 21:30 (Brasília time), at Allianz Parque. The return game will be next Sunday (25), in São Januário.
The teams will fight a duel between the best offense against the best defense. While the Palestinians have scored 36 goals, an average of approximately five per match, the Cruzmaltino defense has only conceded four goals so far. The defensive sector of Verdão is the second best, conceded only eight goals to the opponents.
In search of the competition’s third championship, Palmeiras counts, Endrick, only 15 years old, but who is already one of the great names of the team in the competition. Appointed as one of the great jewels of Brazilian football, he was world champion with the under-17 team in April, and also attracted the attention of the international press. In May, he signed his first professional contract with Verdão
For the carioca club, a generation that has been used to deciding titles a few years ago and has one of its strong points in teamwork. The group was, for example, champion of the Brazilian and Metropolitano sub-14, Carioca and Recopa Carioca sub-17, in addition to runners-up in the Brazilian and Copa Rio sub-17 last year. It is worth mentioning that they did not play the under-15 due to the pandemic.
