International, Fluminense Y Corinthianswith victories this Saturday in their commitments on the penultimate day of the Brazilian Championshipmaintain their dispute for second place in the League standings, whose title was already achieved by Palmeiras.
On a day in which some places in the Libertadores and Sudamericana, as well as relegations, are still at stake, the highlight was Fluminense’s 3-1 victory over Sao Paulo, with three goals from Argentine Germán Cano, who isolated himself at the top of the scorers ranking with 24 goals.
The Rio de Janeiro team started at a disadvantage after a goal by Luciano for Sao Paulo in the first half, but Cano reacted in the second and in just thirteen minutes he scored his three goals, one with his left leg, another with his right and the last with head.
The Argentine has already secured the foreign title with the highest number of goals in a single edition of the League in Brazil.
Fluminense provisionally occupied second place in the standings but Inter, who played two hours later, also got a 2-0 victory at home over Athletico Paranaense, which kept them as Palmeiras’ immediate escort with 67 points. , ten away from the leader.
And Corinthians, which is still fourth in the standings, also won this Saturday, 1-0 over Ceará, which allowed it to add 64 points, the same as Fluminense, which is third for having the highest number of victories and better goal balance.
The fourth team that remains in the dispute for second place in the standings is Flamengo, brand new champion of the Copa Libertadores and that on Sunday visits Coritiba in their commitment for the thirty-sixth matchday.
Flamengo has 61 points and a victory could leave them in third place with 64 points, just three behind Inter, with two games remaining in the League.
The fight for second place in the classification is due to the millionaire cash prize offered for the position (42.8 million reais or 8.6 million dollars), because the four clubs (Inter, Fluminense, Corinthians and Flamengo) They already have their places in the Libertadores guaranteed, as well as Palmeiras.
The last direct quota remaining for the Libertadores is provisionally held by Athletico Paranaense, with 54 points, but runs the risk of being evicted from the sixth position in the classification by América (52), Atlético Mineiro (52) or Sao Paulo (51). ).
The regulation guarantees direct quotas in the Libertadores to the first four in the League classification, but since Flamengo was crowned champion of the continental tournament and the Copa do Brasil, which also offer tickets, the benefit extends to the first six.
Paulo Guerrero’s Avaí descends
In the dispute to avoid the last four places in the classification, Avaí only managed a 1-1 draw in their visit to Santos today, for which they were sunk in penultimate place, with no mathematical chance of remaining in the first division , which was the first relegation in the career of the famous Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero.
Avaí joined Juventude, last in the standings and whose relegation to the second division had already been confirmed since last week.
Ceará, who fell on their visit to Corinthians, and Atlético Goianiense are the other two clubs provisionally threatened with losing the category but still have a mathematical chance of being saved in the two games remaining for the final
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