“Palmeiras” of Abel Ferreira, two-time Brazilian football champion.

Palmeiras, under Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, regained the Brazilian football title on Wednesday, winning their 12th title in the tournament after a 1-1 draw in Cruzeiro in the 38th and final round.

“Little” Endric advanced the Verdao in the 21st minute with his 11th goal of the tournament, and Nikao restored the level in the 80th.

Sao Paulo’s team, which ended up with two more points than Grêmio and four points against Atlético Mineiro and Flamengo, extended their lead in the standings – four more titles than Santos, who today lost for the first time in Serie B – and improved ninth trophy under the Portuguese coach and third in 2023.

Abel Ferreira, 44, who arrived in Palmeiras at the end of October 2020, now has two victories in the Copa Libertadores (2020 and 2021), one in the Supercopa Sudamericana (2022), two in the Brasiliana (2022 and 2022). 2023), one in the Brazilian Cup (2020), one in the Brazilian Super Cup (2023) and two in Paulistan (2022 and 2023).

The Portuguese coach questioned his continued command of Palmeiras.

“I don’t know if I have enough energy to continue to get the most out of the players,” said Abel Ferreira, who won his ninth trophy for the Sao Paulo team on a journey since October 2020 that includes two Copa Libertadores victories .

Having a contract until the end of 2024, the Portuguese coach recalled that Verdano, which after 11 rounds of the 2023 Brazilian Championship remained in fifth place, 14 points behind, had achieved so many achievements. leader of Botafogo.

“It’s easy to win one, two or nine times in a row,” said Abel Ferreira, adding: “People always expect you to do more and do better.”

Regarding the second consecutive victory in the Brasiliana, the 44-year-old Portuguese coach stressed that Palmeiras never gave up, even when the delay was very long.

“If you ask the players, internally we never gave up. We developed a strategy in the middle, and later, when they ask the players what I said, I think they will answer them. I’m not going to open the game.” , but if they want to say that this is not a problem, no problem,” Penafidelense said.

Abel Ferreira also stated that “above all, it was a victory for a team that knows what they are doing.”

“In difficult moments we were able to overcome ourselves. When we look at the championship, we acted very consistently and the strength of this team was obvious. This is proof of a lot of work and a lot of consistency and regularity,” he emphasized. .