The cariocas beat Fortaleza 2-0 with a brace from Tiquinho and take 5 points from Palmeiras, who is second
He Botafogoled by the Portuguese coach Luís Castro, continues unstoppable in the brazilian league and this Saturday he defeated in Rio de Janeiro, by 2-0to the Strength, with two goals from striker Tiquinho Soares. With the victory for the tenth day of the Brazilian Championship, the Rio de Janeiro team reached 24 points, five more than their escort Palmeiras, who will play this Sunday, while Fortaleza is stuck in the middle of the table with 14. Tiquinho Soares He scored at minute 47 and 62, from a penalty, and remains at the top of the scoring charts with eight goals.
The Argentines Víctor Cuesta and Leonel Di Plácido and the Paraguayan Matías Segovia performed at Botafogo. At Fortaleza, led by Argentine coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda, his compatriots Emanuel Brítez and Tomás Pochettino were the starters, while Silvio Romero entered the final minutes.
Early on Saturday, the Coritiba and the Saints they matched 0-0. The visiting team featured Colombian Stiven Mendoza, Venezuelan Yeferson Soteldo and Uruguayan Rodrigo Fernández. In Sao Paulo, the corinthiansled by coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo and which had the Uruguayan Bruno Méndez and the Argentine Fausto Vera, equalized 1-1 before him cuiabá, by the Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira and in which the Uruguayans Pablo Ceppelini and Nicolás Quagliata performed. He Atletico Mineirowith the Uruguayan Mauricio Lemos and the Argentines Rodrigo Battaglia, Matías Zaracho and Cristian Pavón and the Chilean Eduardo Vargas, meanwhile, tied 1-1 in Belo Hortizonte before the bragantino, which lined up the Ecuadorian Andrés Hurtado and the Colombian Henry Mosquera. In the Mineiro, the Argentine coach Eduardo Coudet, reappeared after 276 days off the pitch after suffering a serious injury to the winger Guilherme Arana, former Sevilla of Spain.
On Sunday, Palmeiras, second in the table with 19 points and who advanced this week to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, will star in the Paulista derby on their visit to Sao Paulo. Flamengo, led by Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli and who is looking for a place in the next phase of the Libertadores, will receive Gremio de Porto Alegre at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The day will be completed by the matches between América and Atlético Paranaense, in Belo Horizonte; Internacional-Vasco da Gama, in Porto Alegre, and Goiás-Fluminense, in Goiania.
