Palmeiras crowned Brazilian league champion

Palmeiras won the Brazilian championship title one game before the end of the competition by beating Vasco da Gama 1-0, giving his coach Luiz Felipe Scolari another grand title at the age of 70.

Scolari, Brazil's coach during his 2002 World Cup win and the same coach in the humiliating 7-1 defeat against Germany in 2014, took charge of Palmeiras for the third time in a row. July, while the team was in the center. Seventh, eight points behind the leaders.

Under the coach who led Portugal to the finals of the 2004 European Championships during his long and distinguished career, Palmeiras won 16 of the 22 consecutive matches of the Brazilian league, tied six goals and n & rsquo; Conceded only nine goals.

Substitute Deverson scored the winning goal in the 71st minute at Sao Gannaroio Stadium after missing a pass from Willian a short distance, but was immediately warned to take off his jersey to celebrate the goal.

The black spot for Palmeiras during the meeting with the former Brazilian international midfielder Felipe Milo, receiving a yellow card in the first period, claiming to have attacked the player Vasilko, Kelvin, on the head.

The victory allowed Palmeiras to reach 77 points, five more than Flamengo, who beat Cruzeiro 2-0 to win the Brazilian championship for the tenth time in their history and the second in three seasons.