Ronaldo is back. Official. The former PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid and Milan striker got his first hat-trick in a long time and first goals of the Série A season to put the Copa do Brasil winners Corinthians fifth in the table.
The first was a delicate left foot finish after 24 minutes before Denthino doubled the advantage five minutes later. The second Ronaldo goal and Corinthians third was a sublime strike which confused the Fluminense keeper. The visitors didn't give up though and reduced the deficit when Dario Conca raced through the Corinthians defence and slammed the ball home. Five minutes later the gap was down to one thanks to an own goal from Diego Silva. Fluminense's star striker Fred, the former Olympique de Lyonnais player, then got himself off for bad mouthing the official, capped off by referring to the man in black as the "son of a whore". Ronaldo then completed his hat-trick 5 minutes from time with a super strike from the edge of the area.
So, that's week 9 completed and here are the fixtures for week 10.
Saturday
Avaí x Botafogo
Barueri x Coritiba
Palmeiras x Náutico
Sunday
Cruzeiro x Atlético Mineiro
Grêmio x Corinthians
São Paulo x Flamengo
Atlético Paranense x Internacional
Sport Recife x Goiás
Fluminense x Santo André
Vitória x Santos
So, you're in the middle of the Copa Libertadores Final what's the last thing you need. Aye, Atlético at home. Belo Horizonte will come to a standstill on Sunday as Cruzeiro and Atlético-MG square up at the Mineirão. It's the 421st meeting between the two sides and Atlético-MG currently lead by 169 wins to 139 with the rest of the games drawn. Not hard to pick a winner for this one, it should be an away banker as "A Raposa" will have all eyes on Wednesday night. Elsewhere the pick of the games see leaders Internacional travel to Atlético-PR while the bottom two meet when Avaí take on Botafogo.
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