He Palmeiras achieved its first victory in the 2026 Brazilian Championship with a hand against Vitória (5-1), while the Flamengo did not go beyond a 1-1 draw at home against Internacional and Botafogo He fell in Porto Alegre and lost the lead. Murilo, the Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez and Maurício helped Palmeiras in the first half of the match, corresponding to the second day of the Brasileirão.
Vitória pulled one back at the start of the second half through Dudu, but Allan and fellow Paraguayan Ramón Sosa later widened the gap and sealed the score. In this way, the team led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira added its first three points in this edition of the League, after drawing 2-2 against the Atlético Mineiro of the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli.
Alan celebrates his goal with Palmeiras
Also this Wednesday, Botafogo, who surprised in their debut by beating Cruzeiro (4-0), were overwhelmed by a Gremio that came back from 1-2 down and ended with a resounding 5-3 in favor. The main protagonist of the duel was the Brazilian striker Carlos Vinícius, author of three of the Porto Alegre team’s five goals. Tetê and Edenilson scored the fourth and fifth, respectively. Arthur Cabral and, twice, Danilo scored for Botafogo.
The Rio squad thus gave up the lead, a position now provisionally occupied by Red Bull Bragantino, which this Wednesday narrowly beat Atlético Mineiro thanks to Gustavinho’s solitary goal. Sampaoli’s project, which has made a great effort in this transfer market, is still not taking off in 2026, after having reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana last year.
Neymar’s Santos draws against Sao Paulo
On the other hand, Santos and São Paulo tied 1-1 in Vila Belmiro, in a new edition of this São Paulo classic. The two clubs arrived immersed in their particular crises and neither of them emerged from them. With Neymar still out, Santos seemed to raise its head on the edge of half-time, when Zé Rafael opened the scoring. But Argentine striker Jonathan Calleri, who is coming off a long period of absence due to injury, rescued a point for his compatriot Hernán Crespo’s squad in the 66th minute.
Santos and São Paulo tied in Vila Belmiro
Before, Flamengo played at home against Internacional, who scraped a draw with the taste of victory at the Maracaná (1-1). The Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaeta saved ‘Fla’ with a penalty goal that allowed Filipe Luís’ team to add a point against Internacional, who had gone ahead with a good goal from the Colombian Rafael Santos Borré.
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The team from Rio de Janeiro had just lost the Brazilian Super Cup title against Corinthians and today was on the verge of adding its fourth consecutive defeat at the Maracaná. Only a penalty by the Argentine Alexandro Bernabei on the Uruguayan Guillermo Varela, and converted by De Arrascaeta in the 68th minute, allowed the Rio team to stay afloat on this date of the championship.
The bad streak for Filipe Luís’ men, champion of the League and Copa Libertadores in 2025, began in the Carioca Championship when they lost in the derby against Fluminense (2-1). It continued in the first day of the ‘Brasileirão’ after losing away against São Paulo (2-1) and worsened last Sunday by missing the first title of the season against Corinthians (0-2).
