A ‘double’ from Mauricio gave victory to Internacional (2-1) in the league debut of ‘Sampa’ with the rubronegro from Rio de Janeiro
Fluminense, who has been launched since they won the Carioca Championship, is the solo leader after two days of Brasileirao
Jorge Sampaoli took a reality check at the Beira-Rio stadium, in Porto Alegre, in his Brasileirao debut with Flamengo. A second of the Mauricio (an interesting 21-year-old midfielder) in minute 98 condemned the cariocas in their intense duel against Internacional (2-1).
Gerson’s great goal (whom Sampaoli already directed at Olympique Marseille) was worthless in the face of the red reaction. The individual failures in the marking ended up condemning a Flamengo in which time is pressing on all fronts: since on Wednesday they will try to come back from a 2-0 loss against Maringá in the Copa do Brasil in the Maracana.
The best…
Fluminense is going for everyone since they endorsed Flamengo 4-1 and took the Carioca Championship. They have added two victories in two days in the Libertadores group stage… and have repeated the same dose in the Brasileirao, where they are the only team that has won all six points at stake. This day they defeated Ath with solvency. Paranaense (2-0) at the Maracana and was favored, among other results, from the 2-2, in the same scenario between Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras.
Worst…
The At. Mineiro does not react. They drew at Vila Belmiro against Santos (0-0) and have only added one point in two days. In the Libertadores, Eduardo Coudet’s team, things are going worse: with two defeats in two days. The former Celta coach hasn’t quite found the key and can definitely move away from the two big titles of the season in record time. Nobody expected that the ‘Galo’ would suffer such a bump in a month of April to forget.
Pay attention to…
Sao Paulo, who in Dorival Junior’s debut, shook off all the bad vibes that surrounded the team when it was directed by Rogerio Ceni and they beat América Mineiro 3-0 at the Morumbí, which is bottom and has not added yet.
It will be necessary to see what is the performance that a jinxed team can have with its previous coach and that returned to have fun before his ‘crooked’.
