Palmeiras pressure Botafogo

Palmeiras won this Sunday 0-2 in their visit to Athletico Paranaense and, in addition to distancing oneself from Flamengowhere it shared third place in the standings of the Brazilian Championship, remained on the lookout for leader Botafogo, where it was three points away. The green team from Sao Paulo, led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, took advantage of the failure of Flamengo, who lost this Sunday 2-1 in their visit to Corinthians in another match for the twenty-fifth day.

Botafogo, which on Saturday beat Fortaleza 2-0 in the rivalry between the leaders, regained first place in the standings, where it has 50 points, two more than the Ceará team, which fell to second place, with 48.

In Curitiba, Palmeiras, champions of the tournament in 2023, defeated an Athletico Paranaense that did not take advantage of its home status and allowed itself to be taken advantage of from the start of the match. With goals from ‘jewel’ Estevão in the first half and from Mauricio in the second, Ferreira’s men continued their good run in the Liga and their status as one of the favorites for the title.

In Sao Paulo, Flamengo, who needed to win to avoid relegation to Botafogo, failed to win on Sunday when they visited Corinthians, winning 2-1 at the Neo Química Arena stadium with goals from Talles Magno and the Paraguayan that of Ángel Romero, who ensured the victory of the Paulista team in the complementary match.

A game full of fouls

With problems from the start after the early departure of Spaniard Héctor Hernández due to injury, Argentine Ramón Díaz’s men were encouraged on the field by the fans in a match that was average and in which Flamengo performed better , offensively, in the first half. The match, plagued by fouls, ended with three sent off, among them, Flamengo’s Argentine debutant Carlos Alcaraz, who was involved in a scuffle with Corinthian Cacá after the dismissal of Yuri Alberto, almost at the end of the against.

In another game on Sunday, Gremio went from the joy of feeling like a winner to return to their stadium, where they have not played for two months due to the rains that hit Porto Alegre, to the sad defeat in last five minutes. .

Atlético Mineiro halted their onslaught by winning 2-3 in a comeback achieved in the minutes of substitution by Colombian Brahian Palacios, who equalized the match, and Chilean Eduardo Vargas, who took the lead in a header goal.

By the 90th minute, hosts Gremio – who had been without a player since the first half after Gustavo Martins was sent off – were the winners with two goals scored by Danish Martin Braithwaite and Argentine Franco Cristaldo, against the penalty scored by Gustavo Scarpa for Mineiro. The victory left Atlético Mineiro in ninth position, while Gremio fell to fifteenth.

In the other matches of the day, Cruzeiro beat Atlético Goianiense 3-1, Vasco da Gama beat Vitória 0-1 at home, Internacioal beat Juventude (1-3) and Bragantino won 2-1 in Bahía.