It was probably a question of time, but the timing was cruel indeed. In the first season since the death of Pele, his old club Santos suffered an unprecedented relegation to Brazil's second division.
But if Botafogo did not seem to want the title, then someone else had to step up -- and the achievement of Palmeiras was nothing short of extraordinary. This was an unlikely triumph, and may be the high point in the hugely promising coaching career of Abel Ferreira, a name for the notebook.
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