It still accumulates an eight-point lead over Internacional, which is second
If he manages three wins in the remaining six games, he will clinch the title.
Palmeiras remains leader of the Brazilian Championship despite a goalless draw this Sunday with Sao Paulo in a match of the thirty-second day of the League in which he missed a penalty and where Felipe Alves, goalkeeper of the São Paulo tricolor, shone with his defense.
Despite the draw, Verdao continues with an eight-point lead over Internacionalwhich follows in second place in the classification table, with 60 points, after winning 1-0 on their visit to Botafogo, with a goal from Argentine Brian Romero.
With only six days to go until the end of the Brazilian Championship, Sao Paulo’s green team only needs three wins in the six remaining games pending to lift the title regardless of the results of the other competitors.
Flamengo, who with the substitutes defeated Atlético Mineiro 1-0 on Saturday at the Maracaná stadium, is temporarily in third place, with 55 points, waiting for the match between Goiás and Corinthianswhich will be played this Monday.
Corinthians can displace Flamengo from third place in case Goiás is imposed.
However, Corinthians must also field substitutes, just as Flamengo did, since both reserved their starters for Wednesday’s game in which they will meet for the Copa do Brasil title. After the 0-0 draw in the first leg of the final, the title is open to either of the two most popular clubs in Brazil.
Sao Paulo, which managed a valuable draw despite finishing with nine players after the expulsion of the Venezuelan Nahuel Ferraresi and Lucas Beraldo, added 41 points and climbed to the eleventh position.
The São Paulo derby was dynamicwith opportunities for both clubs and plagued by fouls from which not even Rodrigo Ceni, coach of Sao Paulo, was spared.
Arrivals at the arch were numerous with a tricolor that took the lead and that with a header from Miranda he managed to scare Weverton just seven minutes into the game.
Those led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira did not take long to respond with auctions by Marcos Rocha and Merentiel who failed to pass the Alves barrier.
After the expulsion of Nahuel Ferraresi, Sao Paulo did not have it easy in the complementbut the good performance of the goalkeeper prevented the defeat of the tricolor from São Paulo on several occasions.
Alves saved a penalty charged by Gustavo Scarpa who minutes later also covered another attempt and protected two arrivals at the goal of Menino almost at the end of the match.