Palmeiras won this Sunday the classic against Santos by 0-1 and assumed the leadership of the Brazilian Championship thanks to Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez, dethroning Corinthians, who fell to third place after drawing 1-1 against América on matchday eight of the league.
Verdao assumed the top of the classification with 15 points, the same as Atlético Mineiro and Corinthians, which has a worse balance of goals. Santos, meanwhile, remained in the center of the table with 11 units, the same as America.
Gustavo Gómez, with a header, scored the winning goal in the second half, but Palmeiras’ score could have been wider if Raphael Veiga had not missed the VAR-reviewed penalty. Santos had a disallowed goal.
Corinthians, meanwhile, had a bad game, but managed to start a tie at home against an America that has put its entire arsenal in the Brazilian league after being eliminated in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores with the worst campaign of a Brazilian team in the continental tournament.
The group directed by Vitor Pereira fell to third place in the ranking, after Atlético Mineiro came from behind against Avaí with goals from Hulk and Eduardo Sasha.
In another of the derbies of the day, Flamengo, who started the tournament as one of the big favorites but they disappointed, winning a comeback against Fluminense 2-1 at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The Colombian naturalized Argentine Germán Ezequiel Cano opened the scoring, but the ‘Mengão’ got the comeback with goals from Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ and Andreas Pereira.
The victory supposes a new respite for the Portuguese coach Paulo Sousa after a series of misunderstandings in the team, but the carioca team remains in the center of the classificationalthough now with 12 points, one more than his rival.
on the eve, Sao Paulo, with a goal from Argentine striker Jonathan Calleri, tied 2-2 with Ceará, who avoided defeat thanks to a goal from Colombian John Stiven Mendoza.
Goias and Bragantino drew 1-1, same result as Fortaleza-Juventude on Saturday. Coritiba beat Botafogo 0-1, while Cuiabá was defeated 0-1 by Athlético Paranaense.
The day ends on Monday with the meeting between International and Goianian.