The 2023 Brazilian League kicked off this weekend with new tributes to Pelé, who died on December 29 at the age of 82, on a first day in which flamenco He managed to park his crisis with a win over Coritiba 3-0 this Sunday.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) wanted to take advantage of the start of the regularity tournament to pay tribute to what is considered by many to be the best footballer of all time, the only one to date to win three World Cups. In all the first and second division stadiums, a minute of applause was dedicated to the legendary Brazilian striker with the players of both teams gathered around the center circle.
In addition, the captains wore special bracelets in honor of ‘O Rei’, who died of cancer, and the referees even used commemorative coins for the pitch draw, with the number ’10’ stamped on one side.
Back on the pitch, Flamengo recovered sensations under the watchful eye of its new coach, Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, who, recently arrived in Rio de Janeiro, watched the match from the stands of the Maracanã stadium before getting down to work.
Sampaoli watched Flamengo win from the stands
Casilda’s coach, dismissed by Sevilla after failing to move the Spanish team away from the relegation zone to second, will assume the bench of a depressed squad after losing up to four titles in the last three months.
Today yes the ‘Fla’, reigning champion of the Copa Libertadoresproved to be one of the most powerful squads on the continent and got three points that taste of glory in this rough start to the season that culminated in the dismissal of the Portuguese coach Vítor Pereira.
Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’, the object of harsh criticism for his poor form, claimed responsibility today with a penalty. Pedro and Ayrton Lucas completed the win that allows the red and black team to provisionally stand at the top of the table, along with Fluminense.
Eduardo Coudet staggers
An Argentine who is coming, like Sampaoli, and another who could leave. Eduardo Coudet is still on the tightrope after his Atlético Mineiro’s home loss to newly promoted Vasco da Gama 2-1. One of the goals for the Rio team was scored by midfielder Andrey Santos, the young promise already in the hands of English Chelsea.
Another pearl of Brazilian soccer is Endrick. The 16-year-old striker, hired by Real Madrid, had the honor of scoring the first goal of the Brazilian League this year, in Palmeiras’ 2-1 victory over Cuiabá, defending champions. The player from Brasilia, who started as a starter, only needed five minutes to pierce the rival goal and extend his good run, which began with the two goals scored in the final of the Paulista Championship.
Although it was the Argentine forward José López who certified the victory of the Verdiblanco team. Another Argentine, Germán Cano, top scorer in the 2022 Brazilian League, collaborated in the win that Fluminense endorsed América Mineiro at home on Saturday by 0-3.
The team led by Fernando Diniz, the fashionable coach in Brazil, is experiencing an excellent moment of form after humiliating Flamengo in the final of the Carioca Championship and this state of euphoria also continued in the regular tournament.
Ronaldo Nazario sees Corinthians lose
Gremio beat Santos by a minimum (1-0), despite the fact that the Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez missed a penalty in the final stretch of a match in which the Venezuelan Yeferson Soteldo was sent off and there were altercations in the stands between fans of both teams. Cruzeiro, back in the first division three years later, was defeated 2-1 at Corinthians this Sunday, under the watchful eye of Ronaldo Nazário, owner of the sky-blue club.
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