Botafogo 3-2 Internacional
Grêmio 3-2 Santo André
Santos 1-2 Flamengo
Atlético Miniero 0-1 Goiás
Sport Recife 3-3 Náutico
Corinthians 0-3 Palmeiras
Vitória 1-0 Coritiba
Fluminense 1-1 Cruzeiro
Barueri 1-2 São Paulo
Avaí made it 4 wins on the spin with a victory over Atlético-PR in Curitiba. Muriqui put the visitors ahead with 10 on the clock and William doubled the advantage quarter of an hour later. William then made it 3 on the hour before Marcinho got scant consolatoin for Atlético. Botafogo picked up a vital win over a stuttering Internacional at the Engenhão. Wellington put the home side ahead with 11 minutes on the clock after some poor goalkeeping and Andre Lime doubled the advantage 5 minutes later. Andrezinho got Inter back into the game, converting a penalty 2 minutes into the second half and against the run of play Leandro levelled this just past the hour. 'Fogo claimed three vital points though when Alessandro was at the back post to fire home the winner with 15 minutes left. Finally on Saturday Grêmio overcame Santo André despite going a goal behind to Antonio Flavio's shot which only just got over the line. Grêmio were ahead by half time, Rafael Marques headed them level before Souza fired them ahead with a cracker. A second for Marques made the lead two before Ricardo Goulart got a consolation for Santo André in injury time.
Flamengo showed their was immediate life after the departure of Cuca in midweek after they picked up a come from behind 2-1 at Santos. Robson put the hosts ahead with 69 minutes on the clock but 8 minutes later Adriano levelled things before Pará heartbreakingly put the ball into his own net with three minutes to go. League leaders Atlético-MG suffered a surprise home defeat to Goiás, Iarley with the only goal of the game with 8 minutes left. The highest scoring game of the weekend came in Recife where Sport and Náutico shared 6 goals between them. Náutico were on the board first through Carlinhos Bala but Fabiano Pereira ensured parity at half time. Gilmar edged Náutico ahead again from the spot two minutes into the second half before Durval and Guto edged Sport ahead. However it was a second goal from Carlinhos Bala that levelled things up. Vitória moved up to third after a single goal victory over Coritiba, Leandro Domingues with the only goal of the game with 64 minutes on the clock. Fluminense finally picked up a point after 5 straight defeats, coming from behing to claim a point with Cruzeiro. Henrique put Cruzeiro ahead after some great passing and movement but Kieza put Flu level just after half time. Cruzeiro then had Leonardo Silva sent off but hung on to claim a point. Barueri fell to their first defeat since week 3, going down 2-1 to São Paulo. Washington put the visitors ahead with 13 minutes on the clock but Ralf equalised 7 minutes later after his shot went through the São Paulo keeper like a dose of salts. André Dias put São Paulo back ahead 4 minutes later and despite losing Washington to a second yellow card on the hour the Champions held up to pick up their fourth win of the season.
The game of the weekend was undoubtedly the derby between Corinthians and Palmeiras. The hatred is apparent and this game was moved to the city of Presidente Prudente to avoid any crowd trouble. Palmeiras ended up having a 570km bus ride after they were unable to fly due to poor weather and didn't arrive until dawn on Sunday morning. Corinthians meanwhile had no such problems. Cleiton Xavier rasped the Corinthians bar form a free kick
early door and it was no surprise when Obina put Palmeiras ahead on the half hour. Corinthians were then denied by an offside flag and Palmeiras keeper Marcos. Obina then doubled the lead from the spot on the hour with a re-taken penalty after Cleiton Xavier was upended in the box and Obina completed his hat-trick after a hopeful punt upfield and a poor header saw Cleiton Xavier and Obina two on one with the keeper and Xavier teed Obina up. Corinthians day got worse when Alessandro was sent off with 15 minutes to go, but that wasn't as big a blow as the injury picked up by Ronaldo. The former world footballer of the year went over in the 20th minute and has since been confirmed as having a double fracture in his left hand. He is expected to miss the next 6 weeks.Yet another midweek round again this week, here's how they line up.
Coritiba x Botafogo
Náutico x Santos
Goiás x Atlético Paranaense
Internacional x Barueri
Santo André x Corinthians
Palmeiras x Fluminense
Cruzeiro x Sport Recife
Flamengo x Atlético Miniero
São Paulo x Grêmio
Avaí x Vitoriá
A round of those will appear sometime on Friday evening.
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