For its part, Ceará thrashed Coritiba 3-0 this Sunday
Bragantino remains with four points after drawing 1-1 at home with Cuiabá
Fluminense established itself as the leader of the Brazilian Championship after playing the second day of the tournament, in which the defending champion, Palmeiras, lost the opportunity to reach it in the first position and the debut of the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli was watered down with the defeat of Flamengo.
After beating Athletico Paranaense 2-0 on Saturday, those directed by Fernando Diniz are in the first place of the table with six pointstwo more than Fortaleza, which, with 4 integers, chases him in second place.
The Ceará team thrashed Coritiba 3-0 this Sunday with an outstanding performance by Yago Pikachu, who after the Argentinean Silvio Romero scored at the start of the second half, got the lead in the 82nd minute and reconfirmed it almost at the end of the game.
Palmeiras and Vasco da Gama, with 4 points each, tie for third place, with a lower goal balance than Fortaleza.
To the Cruzmaltino team, which returned packed to the first division after two years in the B, The strength was not enough to beat the current League champion this Sundayto whom he ended up giving up a 2-2 draw after winning 2-0, in a heart-stopping match that was applauded at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
In the disputed match Vasco took the lead in the first half with a great header from Pedro Raul. The advantage for those led by Mauricio Barbieri came ten minutes later, with a goal from Gabriel Pec, but Palmeiras managed to discount at the end of the first half thanks to a header from Rafael Navarro.
The tie for the São Paulo team came in the 62nd minute thanks to the agility of Artur, who managed an unexpected goal with a header.
In the debut of Argentine Jorge Sampaoli in the League this Sunday, Flamengo lost the opportunity to take the lead after the comeback he suffered during his visit to Internacional, which ended up winning 2-1.
After a first half without emotion, Gerson opened the scoring for the carioca club in the 62nd minute and almost immediately it was equalized by Internacional, with a goal scored by Mauricio, who replaced Pedro Henrique on the pitch.
Ten minutes later, Mauricio himself came back for Colorado with a goal that Santos couldn’t save.
with victory, Internacional was ranked fourth, with 4 points but less goal balance than Palmeiras and Vasco.
Also with 4 points and the same balance of goals that Internacional was Bragantino, who gave up a 1-1 draw at home to Cuiabáwhile Flamengo was in seventh place with 3 points.
Meanwhile, Sao Paulo recorded its first win in the tournament by beating América Mineiro 3-0 at home. The same thing happened to the recently promoted Cruzeiro, who beat Gremio 1-0 and added their first three points.
