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 Avaí. The Tricolor Paulista have lost once in their last 13 matches not giving more than 2 goals in any match. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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.
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Santos' last game was an exciting 3x3 at home to Internacional. Click to continue reading...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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? 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 test
Atlético 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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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.
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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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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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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 Avaí, 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. Click to continue reading...

Already mentioned in the previous post, but it deserves one of its own. Pedrao from Barueri, a ghost goal.

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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. Click to continue reading...

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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