He Athletico Paranaensewith goals from the Uruguayans Canobbio and Mastrianicrush this Sunday the Cuiaba 4-0 to become the first leader of the 2024 Brazilian Championship, in an opening day plagued by refereeing controversies.
The most powerful League in South America began with a few ejections and the fans tensed due to the actions of the referees and delays in the referees’ opinions VAR.
One of the calmest duels is that of Paranaense, that goes from mess to mess.
He won without breaking a sweat Championship of Paranaensewon the first two games of the Copa Sudamericana, scored ten goals and conceded just one, and started the Liga like a shot.
The set of Curitibaone of the most foreign, stepped on the accelerator from the start and at the break they already had a comfortable 3-0 in their favor thanks to the goals of Pablo, Agustín Canobbio and Leo Godoy.
Gonzalo Mastriani He closed the account with ten minutes left.
On the other hand, two of the three favorites for the title met expectations and fulfilled their promises.
Colombian Richard Ríos saves Palmeiras
Palmeiras, the defending champion, beat newly promoted Vitória, 0-1.
The only goal was the work of Colombian Richard Ríos after a play in which Endrick, a future Real Madrid player who had recovered from his thigh problem, participated in record time.
Flamengo had more trouble getting the three points.
The Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz, with an excellent goal from a direct free kick, was important for the Rio team’s 1-2 victory against Atlético Goianiense, which ended with two sent off in disputed decisions, especially the one that led to the punishment that Peter changed in the last moments.
8+16 minutes of stoppage time
In that match there were surreal moments. In total there were about 25 minutes of injury time, 16 in the second half alone.
Atlético Mineiro, the third of the leading contenders for the title, did not go beyond a goalless draw at the Corinthians stadium, in a high-tension match with twelve yellow cards and two red cards.
The team led by Argentine Gabriel Milito, a newcomer to the discipline from Belo Horizonte, was conditioned by the dismissal before half-time of fellow Argentine Rodrigo Battaglia.
A little later he fought with integrity and scraped a point that angered Corinthians, whose coach, the Portuguese António Oliveira, was sent off after confronting the field judge.
Also on Sunday, Botafogo, who lost last year’s Liga after losing a 13-point lead in the final three months of the competition, continued their bad streak with a 3-2 loss against Cruzeiro, a club that owned by former striker Ronaldo Nazário.
The Rio de Janeiro team finished with ten players on the pitch, after the dismissal of Alexander Barboza.
Meanwhile, Vasco da Gama, who struggled last year to avoid relegation, achieved a creditable 2-1 victory over Gremio, on a day where Spanish-Brazilian Diego Costa wet his powder.
On Saturday, Internacional, with a header goal from midfielder Fernando Reges, former Sevilla, Manchester City and Porto player, came back and won, 2-1, against Bahía, while São Paulo’s Colombian James Rodríguez surrendered at home against Lakas (1-2).
Fluminense, champions of the 2023 Copa Libertadores, and Red Bull Bragantino shared the points at the Maracaná (2-2), as did Criciúma and Juventude (1-1) in the newly promoted rivalry.
Source: La Verdad
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