Africa-Press – Cape verde. Palmeira beat Belo Horizonte today, by 1-0, and secured first place in Group B of the national football championship, thus stamping the passport to the semi-finals.
As Inforpress advances, there was a very intense first half, at Estádio de Deus, in the city of Ribeira Brava, this Sunday, but with both teams not creating many chances for goals. Therefore, the two goalkeepers had little work in the first half.
Palmeira was only interested in winning to move on to the next stage, while Belo Horizonte played to meet the schedule.
In the second half, everything changed and the home team, Belo Horizonte, had the first great opportunity to score, with the referee signaling a penalty for handing the ball to Palmeira forward Mike.
However, in the collection Cady shot to Djão’s defense.
Changes bring new breath
Dissatisfied with the result, Palmeira’s coach, Toca Leite, tweaked his “chess”, changes that would bring “new breath” to the champion team of the island of Sal. Kichon, who came on in the second half, took advantage of a mistake by central defender Titin to score the first and only goal of the match.
Three minutes later, Palmeira benefited from a penalty, however, the conversion failed by Latch.
In addition to the 1-0 victory, Palmeira also benefited from a draw by Vulcânico, on the island of Fogo, to go first in group B.
In the classification of group B, Palmeira finished in the lead with 12 points, Vulcânico, 11 points, and Belo Horizonte and Sanjoanenses, five points each.
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