The Corinthianswho escorted the leader palm trees in the classification of the Brazilian Soccer Championship, got a 1-1 tie this Saturday in his visit to Alas that temporarily guaranteed him second place, and now he’s waiting for the leader to slip away so he doesn’t increase his advantage.
With today’s tie at the Ressacada stadium thanks to the goal of Paraguayan Fabián Balbuena in the match for the twenty-first day of the League, Corinthians reached 39 points and temporarily subtracted a unit from Palmeiras, which leads by 42 integers.
But the leader, champion of the last two editions of the Copa Libertadores, will host lowly Goiás on Sunday, thirteenth in the standings, and a victory at home would further separate him at the top with 45 points and a difference of six integers. his immediate escort.
However, Palmeiras, led by Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, may field an alternate team on Sunday to reserve their key players for Wednesday’s game where they host Atlético Mineiro for the Libertadores quarterfinals.
The green team from Sao Paulo earned a draw with their visit to Mineiro in the first leg of the quarterfinals and need victory at any point in the second leg to enter the semifinals of the Libertadores, their priority of the season due to the fact. looking for a third straight title.
Balbuena was the villain and hero of the Corinthians game as he scored a penalty, converted by Bissoli, which allowed Avaí to open the scoring in the first half but grabbed the equalizer in the final period.
Vital Flamengo victory with gray Arturo Vidal
The day, on the other hand, was favorable for Flamengo, Brazilian champions in 2019 and 2020, one of the favorites for the title and today achieved an important 0-2 victory in their visit to Sao Paulo that allowed them which temporarily rose to third place in the classification.
The Rio de Janeiro team, the most popular in Brazil, added 36 points, leaving them six behind Palmeiras and three behind Corinthians, but they could still lose third place because Fluminense (35) and Atlético Paranaense (34) will play their respective matches on Sunday for the twenty-first day.
Despite the fact that he fielded a team full of substitutes as his priority is Tuesday’s game where he faces Corinthians for a place in the semifinals of the Libertadores, Flamengo was the most offensive at the Morumbí stadium in Sao Paulo and he missed some chances.
The Rio de Janeiro team opened the scoring after six minutes, in the first dangerous game, thanks to Lázaro’s goal, and tried to increase the score but substitute strikers Everton Cebolinha and Marinho failed.
Flamengo only got their second goal at the end of the match, in the fourth minute of the substitution, on a counterattack finished by striker Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’.
Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal started for the first time as Flamengo’s starter but did not perform well and was replaced in the second half.
Botafogo and Ceará tie in Rio de Janeiro
In a game this Saturday with headed goals from foreigners and ending in a 1-1 draw in Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo opened the scoring at home thanks to a goal from Argentine Víctor Cuesta but let Colombian John Steven Mendoza to equalize for Ceará. .
The result left both clubs parked in twelfth (Botafogo) and fourteenth (Ceará) places in the standings, with both 25 points and 17 points behind the leader.
And in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, América Mineiro achieved an important 0-1 away victory against Juventude with a goal from Pedrinho 6 minutes into the game, allowing them to rise to ninth position, with 27 points, and left the hosts sank to last place, with only 16 points.
Source: La Verdad
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