Guild and flamenco were imposed this Saturday at Strength and Bay in their respective commitments for the thirteenth day of the Brazilian Championship, they were confirmed as second and third in the League standings and reduced the distance that separates them from the leader, Botafogo. While Gremio won their difficult visit to Bahia 2-1, Flamengo defeated Fortaleza 2-0 at home, the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The victory allows the team from Porto Alegre led by coach Renato Gaucho to stay in second place in the standings, with 26 points and four from Botafogo, the undisputed leader of the League and who on Sunday will face the crestfallen Vasco da Gama in the traditional carioca classic. A victory in the traditional Rio de Janeiro classic can allow Botafogo to increase the advantage that separates it from its immediate escort to seven points.
The favorable result also guarantees Flamengo third place in the standings, with 35 points and five behind the leader, since it can only be reached by Palmeiras, the current Brazilian champion and who will visit Athletico Paranaense on Sunday. A victory would allow Palmeiras to stay in fourth place and equal Flamengo on points, but the Rio de Janeiro team has the advantage in the tiebreaker criteria.
In the first of the three matches in which Bahía will be measured this month -the other two will be the round-trip matches of the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil-, Gremio prevailed with goals from Cristaldo and Gustavo Martins, the latter already in the discount minutes at the end of the second half. Despite starting off losing, Bahía tied with Kayky after 19 minutes and maintained their dominance at home, but failed to come back and ended up penalized with a goal in the last minute of the game.
Surprise in the eleven of Renato Gaucho
Renato Gaúcho surprised by fielding all his starters despite the fact that he was expected to reserve some for Tuesday’s Copa do Brasil match and by sending Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez onto the field from the start of the game.
Suárez, who returned to the Fonte Nova stadium in the city of Salvador where he went blank in three games with the Uruguayan team, managed to score for Gremio but his goal was canceled due to an irregular position.
De Arrascaeta shines with Flamengo
The Uruguayan who did shine this Saturday was the midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta, author of one of the goals with which Flamengo beat Fortaleza 2-0 at the Maracana and the assist for the second goal, and considered the best of the party
Flamengo’s other goal was scored by Gabriel Barbosa “Gabigol”, who now has 150 goals in the 245 games he has played as a player for the reigning Libertadores champions, and is one point behind Bebeto as the eighth highest scorer. of the carioca team.
Fortaleza could have gone ahead in the middle of the Maracana but Yago Pikachu failed to take a penalty after 8 minutes of the game after a foul on Lucero. The game had a particular duel between Argentine coaches in which Jorge Sampaoli from Flamengo defeated Juan Pablo Vojvoda from Fortaleza.
In another of the anticipated matches this Saturday, Sao Paulo beat Fluminense 1-0 with a goal from Luciano in the 42nd minute of the second half and rose to sixth place in the standings, with 21 points, the same as their rival. , who remains fifth for having the best goal balance.
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