Ceará stagnates with 24 points in the standings
On Sunday, América will host Avaí from Florianópolis in Belo Horizonte
Palmeiras, with goals from Argentine José López and Dudú, beat Ceará this Saturday at home, 2-1 and thus extended its lead in the Serie A of the Brazilian Football Championship.
The group of the Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira and two-time Copa Libertadores champion reached 42 points with his victory at the Castelao stadium in the city of Fortalezaseven ahead of their court rival, Corinthians, who played in the second hour.
Ceará, who discounted with a penalty goal from Colombian striker Stiven Mendoza, stagnates with 24 points in the standings, within the second “batch” of twenty teams in the tournament.
In another of Saturday’s games, which opened the twentieth day, Goiás, with a solitary goal from Pedro Raúlwon 1-0 in Goiania over Coritiba, led by Paraguayan coach Gustavo Morínigo, and reached 25 pointsthree more than his rival.
In the second hour of Saturday, Corinthiansof the Portuguese coach Vítor Pereira and second in the standings with 35 unitsreceived Botafogo from Rio de Janeiro, trained by Luis Castro, also from Portugal.
flamingoof the Chilean Arturo Vidal and who on Friday made official the also southern midfielder Érick Pulgar and the Uruguayan defender Guillermo Varela, He played in his Maracaná fort against Atlético Goianiense.
This Sunday the Atletico Mineiro of Belo Horizontelast champion and to whom Cuca returned as coach, after the departure of the Argentine Antonio Mohamed, will visit the Porto Alegre Internationalwhich on Friday announced the hiring of Argentine striker Braian Romero, from Argentina’s River Plate.
Mineiro is fourth in the standings with 32 points.
Athletico Paranaenseof the veteran coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and who appears fifth with 31 points, will face Sao Paulo in Curitiba, who announced this Saturday the signing of goalkeeper Felipe Alvesfrom Fortaleza and who at the age of 34 defends a “big” club for the first time.
In the other games on Sunday, America will receive in Belo Horizonte the Avaí of FlorianópolisCuiabá to Fortaleza and Bragantino from São Paulo to Juventude de Caxías.
The twentieth day is completed on Monday, when the Fluminenseof the Argentine gunner Germán Ezequiel Cano – top scorer of the tournament – and third with 34 unitsvisit Santos from São Paulo.
