Fred on target for Fluminense against Palmeiras
With just four games remaining in the championship, holders São Paulo went top for the first
time this season following their 1-1 draw away to Grêmio on Wednesday and Palmeiras' 1-0 defeat at
Fluminense on Sunday.
Almost 67,000 turned up at the Maracanã hoping for a miracle as strugglers Fluminense took on
Palmeiras.
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Palmeiras' Cleiton Xavier, Vagner Love and Diego Souza celebrate another win
Muricy Ramalho's Palmeiras came from behind to take all three points against Santos in the Vila
Belmiro. The 3-1 win left the Palestra Itália outfit five clear at the top and even with 11 rounds
to go, it's difficult to see anyone dislodging Palmeiras from their position as leaders.
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Week 24 is finally in the books after the all the matches were finally ended after Wednesday. São
Paulo moved to within 1 point of the top of the table with their 2-0 home win against AvaÃ. The
Tricolor Paulista have lost once in their last 13 matches not giving more than 2 goals in any
match.
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Neto Berola scores Vitória's second against Palmeiras
Palmeiras went down 3-2 away to Vitória but second-placed Internacional failed to take
advantage by losing by the same score at home to Cruzeiro.
Goals from Uelliton, Neto Berola and debut boy, Derlei, earned Vitória three deserved
points.
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Even though the nation was transfixed on Brazil's big win versus Argentina, the Campeonato
Brasileiro still pressed on. 1st place Palmeiras extended its unbeaten streak to 3 games with a 2-1
win at home against Gremio Barueri. Vagner Love returned to his original club on loan from CSKA
Moscow and scored the game winning goal from a PK in the 73rd minute.
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With an international week upon us, there will be no action, televised or otherwise, in most of the
world's top domestic leagues. Despite the international break, however, and despite the fact that
Brazil, Mexico and the United States are participating in World Cup qualifiers, those three
nations' domestic leagues all will see reduced-strength clubs playing in local action.
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Week 22 of the Campeonato Brasileiro featured a Paulista rivalry with 1st place on the line. The
game featured Palmeiras' coach Muricy Ramalho facing his old team and CSKA Moscow & new Palmeiras
loanee forward Wagner Love in the stands. Palmeiras traveled to the Morumbi to face São Paulo FC
and played to a 0-0 draw.
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OverviewTomorrow at the Vila Belmiro Santos face Fluminese. Santos are in 10th position with 29
points, while Fluminese are rooted to the bottom of the able on 16 points.Â
The referee is Evandro Rogério Roman with his assistants being Roberto Braatz and Altemir
Hausmann.
Form
Santos' last game was an exciting 3x3 at home to Internacional.
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See The Cup 27 August @ 02:02 PM EST
Barueri and Corinthians had their match of the 22nd round anticipated to feed TV demands.
Barueri jumped ahead with a goal scored with just 20 seconds. Corinthians, debuting its new jersey,
came back with goals from Marcinho (after a questionable penalty) and Elias, who got a beautiful
long range.
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See The Cup 10 August @ 02:16 AM EST
The 18th round of Campeonato Brasileiro saw a club very used to the top 4 reach the group for
the first time in 2009. Sao Paulo struck its 5th victory in a row by beating 3-1 Goias, the club
who sat in second. Sao Paulo reached a series of 7 defeatless matches (6 victories, 1 draw), and
watched another good journey by Hernanes, Dagoberto, Miranda and Jorge Wagner (who scored the
second goal).
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Adriano celebrates against Corinthians
"O campeão voltou" or ‘the champions are back" was the cry coming from the 28,000 or so who
were in the estádio Morumbi to see São Paulo beat an in-form Goiás 3-1.
For most of this season, São Paulo have languished in the wrong half of the table.
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See The Cup 24 July @ 08:34 PM EST
The 13th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all about black and white. Atletico-MG and
Corinthians were the ones who benefited the most from the midweek round. The two clubs won at home
by 2-1 and watched direct rivals losing important points.
In Belo Horizonte, Atletico beat Fluminense, who had the 5th debut of coach Renato Gaucho.
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See The Cup 20 July @ 03:12 PM EST
With two of the most famous forwards in the world playing in Brazil, the answer to the question
"guess who scored 4 times this weekend?" falls easily in one of the two names. But not on this
weekend. Val Baiano, forward of surprising Barueri, is the man. He scored 4 times against Nautico,
and has 8 goals in the league, which makes him one of the top scorers.
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See The Cup 06 July @ 05:16 PM EST
The 9th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all about surviving a bad hang over. And most did
it.
After being eliminated at home from the semis of Copa Libertadores, Gremio honored its nickname
of "immortal". With 11 minutes, the two forwards from Argentina had scored 3 goals - Maxi Lopes (2)
and Herrera (1).
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Barueri stop Atlético Mineiro
Newly promoted Barueri brought leaders Atlético Mineiro back down to earth with a 4-2 home win.
Until Saturday, Celso Roth's team were the only unbeaten side in the top flight. Atlético, though,
remain top on goal difference. See the highlights
Internacional moved to 17 points after a 3-0 win against Coritiba.
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See The Cup 28 June @ 08:43 AM EST
It seems everyone is paying tribute to the late Michael Jackson (sounds funny, this, hun?).
Watch the goals from Barueri 4 - 2 Atletico-MG, and find what Diego Tardelli, the striker from
Atletico, did. To make things easier, jump to 3:28.
Yes, Diego. Who's Bad?
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See The Cup 28 June @ 08:43 AM EST
It seems everyone is paying tribute to the late Michael Jackson (sounds funny, this, hun?).
Brazilian players decided to honor the king of pop with embarrassing goal celebrations. The worst?Â
The celebrations brought no luck.
Diego Tardelli, the striker from Atletico, tied the match against Barueri.
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From ESPNSTAR.com:
Roth ready for tough testAtlético Mineiro will not be underestimating Gremio Barueri as they seek to maintain top spot in
the Campeonato Brasileiro this weekend.
The 'Galo' lead the national championship with 17 points, three above Internacional, who host
Coritiba on Sunday.
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Rodada 7 of the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro was an exciting week as goals flowed like Grey Goose at
a South Beach nightclub. Every game except one had at least 3 goals scored as Brazil's reputation
of high scoring matches was in full effect this weekend.
Atlético Mineiro continued its unbeaten start to the 2009 Brasileirão with a 3-2 road win versus
Santos.
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Atlético Mineiro go top
Celso Roth's revitalization of Atlético Mineiro continued on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over
Náutico in Belo Horizonte. The win, plus Internacional's 0-0 draw at home to Vitória, was enough
to lift Atlético into pole position on goal difference. Júnior, Diego Tardelli and Márcio
Araújo did the damage.
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With the European season over (no offense Russian Premier League), and no international World Cup
qualifiers going on, the slow football schedule begins. That's not to say, however, that there
aren't highlights; it's just that there aren't that many matches out there to watch.
What are the highlights?
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See The Cup 09 June @ 03:00 PM EST
The 5th round of Campeonato Brasileiro confirmed a few things either Brazilians already know or
are getting used to.
1) Bad boys will always be bad boys:
Goalie Fabio Costa from Santos and forward Kleber from Cruzeiro did it again. In the Santo Andre
3- 3 Santos draw, Fabio Costa caused an injury in Gustavo Nery which will leave him out of action
for 3 months at least.
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See The Cup 09 June @ 03:00 PM EST
The 5th round of Campeonato Brasileiro confirmed a few things either Brazilians already know or
are getting used to.
1) Bad boys will always be bad boys:
Goalie Fabio Costa from Santos and forward Kleber from Cruzeiro did it again. In the Santo Andre
3- 3 Santos draw, Fabio Costa caused an injury in Gustavo Nery which will leave him out of action
for 3 months at least.
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See The Cup 02 June @ 02:38 AM EST
1)... when a side full of great names who can't play well collectively faces another side which
for 3 matches in a row started losing but managed to get two draws and one victory?
Answer: Fluminense scoring first through Fred (something that did not happen since April 30th) but
conceiving the draw to Nautico in the second half's stoppage time.
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Inter remain top of Série A following their 2-1 win over AvaÃ, three points clear of
second placed Vitória who defeated Grêmio.Three other clubs as well as Inter remain unbeaten so far. Santos continued their impressive form
with a 3-1 win over Corinthians. Náutico kept their unbeaten record as they rescued a point
against Fluminense with a last minute penalty whilst Atlético-MG were held to a goalless draw
against Santo André.
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Despite the fact that as I write I already know the final score of three matches, Campeonato
Brasileiro starts this weekend once more. And this year will be the most difficult yet. With the
economic crisis, the clubs were able to keep their rising talents and bring back stars in decline
in Europe.
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The 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro begins this weekend as the 1ª rodada gets underway later
today.Inter are considered by many to be strong candidates for this year's title although they are
expected to face fierce competition from the likes of current champions São Paulo, Palmeiras and
Cruzeiro and Corinthians.
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Neymar and Ronaldo: just two of the big stars in this year's Brasileiro
The dust has barely settled on the major state championships, but already it's time to focus on
Brazil's national league – the Campeonato Brasileiro.
The 2008 competition was one of the closest for years but this season could be even tighter.
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