Palmeiras beats Santos in last minutes of game
3/11/2008 16:32
In the heated rivalry between the Brazilian soccer teams of Palmeiras and
Santos, the home team of Santos was defeated in the last minutes of play
yesterday.
With a score of 2-1, Palmeiras pulled off an important victory in
the 33rd round of play in the Brasileiro Championship.
With only five rounds
left, Palmeiras now has 61 points and remains in the hunt of this year's title.
The Santos club remains with 40 points and out of contention to win the title or
qualify to play in the 2009 Libertadores Cup. They are, however, out of danger
of being sent down to the second division as a result of placing last in this
year's tournament.
In the first minute of play, the star of the Palmeiras
team, Kleber, received the ball while wide open. The player dominated the ball,
set up his shot, and fired between the legs of the goalkeeper to score the
team's first goal.
Santos' goal came in the first minute of the second half.
Kleber Pereira out jumped the defense and headed the ball off a corner kick
towards the goal. The goalie was able to make contact with the ball, but he
ended up deflecting the ball into the net. The game winning goal by Palmeiras
came in stoppage time. Leo Lima kicked in the goal off a crossed ball from
Leandro, putting his team up in the last minutes of play.
Palmeiras,
depending on the other results of yesterday's matches, currently stands in first
place of the Brasileiro Championship. They, along with the teams of Sao Paulo,
Gremio, Flamengo and Cruzeiro are in the hunt to win this year's championship.
The top four placed teams automatically qualify to play in the 2009 Libertadores
Cup.
Xinhua
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