Atlético Mineiro, current champion, was not up to the task this day
The riots forced the police to use pepper spray and the party suffered a break
Palmeiras recovered this Sunday the leadership of the Brazilian Championship after winning 0-2 in his visit to Coritiba and displaced Corinthians, who came to caress the throne the day before by winning 0-2 at Juventude.
Dudu and Rony scored the goals that gave victory to Verdao and they returned him to the first position, with 22 pointsone more than Corinthians, who are breathing down their necks in second place, while Sao Paulo moved up to third place after beating América Mineiro 1-0 and reaching 18 points.
Those commanded by the Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira dominated on the field from the beginning of the dispute for the eleventh day of the League, against a Coritiba that this time failed to come out undefeated at home despite the support of the fans, who this Sunday filled the Couto Pereira stadium in the capital of Paraná.
Dudu opened the scoring for Verdao at minute 22 and Rony extended Palmeiras’ lead in the supplementary, in a counterattack driven by Zé Rafael and Gabriel Veron.
The fury of the local fans after the second goal forced the authorities to spray pepper spray to calm things downbut the substance reached the field and the game had to stop for several minutes as several players were affected.
Sao Paulo was also a star this Sunday, winning 1-0 at home against América Mineiro, thanks to a header from Patrick in the 33rd minute that Jailson was unable to stop.
The victory of the Paulistas left América with 14 points and in ninth place.
On the eleventh day of the Brazilian League, Internacional also stood out, reaching 18 points and rising to fifth position after beating Flamengo 3-1 on Saturday, who were unable to get out of the bad run that was following them.
The Rio de Janeiro club, which could not even have the first training session with Dorival Júnior, its newly arrived coach, is in fifteenth position, with only 15 points, very close to the relegation zone.
On the day, the performance of Atlético Mineiro, current champion of the Brazilian League and the Copa do Brasil, was also not up to the desired level and the day before they missed the opportunity to shine and take advantage of the expulsion of Lucas Pires that left Peixe incomplete .
Although Mineiro opened the scoring with a goal from Savio, he missed the opportunity to extend after Hulk failed to take a free kick, and then allowed himself to be equalized by Santos, who made it 1-1 in the extra thanks to a penalty taken by Rwan. EFE
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