He Botafogoled by the Portuguese coach Luís Castro and leader of the Brazilian Soccer Championship, lost their undefeated record this Sunday with a 2-1 defeat against goias, in a game that closed the sixth day of the league. The Rio de Janeiro team, which marches with fifteen points, took advantage of the draw on Saturday of his immediate rival, Palmeiras, and retained the first solo position in the tournament.
Maguinho and Bruno Melo sealed the victory for the Goiania team, while the championship striker, Tiquinho Soares, discounted for those from Rio de Janeiro.
In the Curitiba city derby, Athletico Paranaense beat neighboring Coritiba 3-2 with a stoppage-time goal from Uruguayan Agustín Canobbio. The Argentine Marcelino Moreno, meanwhile, left his mark with one of Coritiba’s goals. The São Paulo derby between Corinthians and Sao Paulo ended 1-1. The visiting goal was converted by the Uruguayan Michel Araújo.
In another of the classics of the date, in Belo Horizonte, bottom club América lost 4-0 at home to Cruzeiro led by Portuguese coach Pepa. Vasco da Gama suffered a 0-1 defeat in Rio de Janeiro against Santos, while Gremio, with the Uruguayan Luis Suárez, gave up a 0-0 draw with Fortaleza, led by Argentine coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda and which remains unbeaten.
On Saturday, last league champions Palmeiras conceded a 1-1 home draw against Bragantino and despite remaining unbeaten in the tournament missed the chance to displace leaders Botafogo. With the result, Palmeiras reached fourteen points in six games, one less than Botafogo. The attacker Endrick, the great promise of Brazilian football and already negotiated with Real Madrid, whom he will leave in 2024 when he turns 18, came on in the second half to replace Rony.
Also on Saturday, at the start of the sixth day of the Brazilian Championship, Flamengo defeated Bahía 2-3 as a visitor. The experimenting defender David Luiz scored his first goal with the Rio de Janeiro team and as a curious fact, in the interval for the second half, the Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli, from Flamengo, made all his five variations at once.
In Rio de Janeiro, Fluminense rose to third position, with thirteen points, after beating Cuiabá 2-0. One of the goals of the carioca team was converted by Paulo Henrique Ganso. Cuiabá, which is still in the relegation zone, announced this weekend the return of Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira.
In the last game on Saturday, Atlético Mineiro, led by Argentine coach Eduardo ‘Chacho’ Coudet, won 2-0 over Internacional in Belo Horizonte. Chilean Eduardo Vargas scored the first local goal.
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