Fluminense defeated Fortaleza 2-1
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro will face Goiás this Sunday
The Palmeiras, which this week he said goodbye to the Copa Libertadorestournament of which he had been champion in the last two seasons, defeated Juventude de Caxías this Saturday (2-1) and took the lead of the Brazilian Soccer League.
Still with the bitter taste of the defeat in the semifinal of the Libertadores against the also Brazilian Athletico Paranaense de Curitiba, the team from São Paulo, directed by the Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, He won with goals from Murilo and Rony.
Also this Saturday Porto Alegre International beat Cuiabá 1-0 at home and with 46 points he rose to second place in the standings.
Another top team the Fluminense, enforced the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro and with a brace from Argentine striker Germán Ezequiel Cano, the league’s top scorer, he dispatched Fortaleza 2-1 and remains third with 45 units.
In Fortaleza, the Ceará, led by Argentine coach Lucho González, defeated Santos from São Paulo 2-1while in Wednesday’s early game the champion Atlético Mineiro de Belo Horizonte equalized at home, 1-1, with Bragantino.
the side Guilherme Arana, from Mineiro, was injured of the match against Mineiro and his almost certain participation with the Brazilian team in the 2022 Qatar World Cup was ruled out.
This Sunday, the Flamengo of Rio de Janeirofinalist of the Libertadores and that in the league is with 44 points and can return to the second position, will visit Goiás in the city of Goiania, that with 35 units appears in the middle of the table.
The São Paulo derby between Sao Paulo, which with thirty points seeks to move away from the relegation zone, and Corinthians, in leading positions with 43 unitswill be the other party of great interest.
the twentieth sixth day is completed on Sunday with the parties: Botafogo-América de Belo Horizonte, in Rio de Janeiro; Coritiba-Athletico Goianiense and Avaí-Athletico Paranaense, in Florianópolis.