In today’s Football Daily: fun and games in South America
football match. Possibly not as big as Take That singer Gary Barlow’s son, but fairly massive nonetheless. Contested by Corinthians and Palmeiras, rival sides in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, the most recent one was a league match played on Monday night and won 2-0 by Corinthians, whose striker Yuri Alberto scored one of their goals. However, the 23-year-old’s smart finish at the end of a lightning fast second-half counterattack wasn’t his only strike of note in the game.
While two arrests were made by police, the suspects were released without charge soon after and it remains unclear whether the fans who smuggled the pig’s head into the stadium with a view to Delapping it towards the pitch were supporters of Corinthians or Palmeiras. Though the sausagey finger of blame is being pointed at the former, there is every chance it could have been a visiting fan.
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