Atlético Goianiense beat Atlético Mineiro 2-1 this Sunday and thus stopped the leader of Serie A of the Brazilian Soccer Championship, which despite the defeat maintains a wide advantage over the rest of rivals.
The “Dragon” of Goiania, with the Paraguayan Brian Montenegro in the attack, reached 34 points, 22 less than his rival, thanks to the goals of Oliveira and Jánderson, while Nathan Silva scored the goal of the honor of the whole of Belo Horizonte.
The Paraguayan Júnior Alonso, the Colombian Dylan Borrero, the Argentines Matías Zaracho and Nacho Fernández and Brazilian internationals Hulk and Guilherme Arana performed with the Mineiro.
In another of the matches of the day, Flamengo, second with 46 points and last league champion, drew 0-0 in Rio de Janeiro against Cuiabá (35). Goalkeeper Diego Alves, Filipe Luis and Belgian Andreas Pereira started with the Rio de Janeiro team.
In Sao Paulo, the Palmeiras, with a goal from Raphael Veiga, won 1-0 against Internacional de Porto Alegreby Uruguayan coach Diego Aguirre. The “Verdao” was reunited with the victory after 5 games and is fourth with 43 units.
The Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez and the Uruguayan Joaquín Piquerez were starters with Palmeiras, from the Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, while the Argentineans Renzo Saravia and Víctor Cuesta, the American Johnny Cardoso and the Chilean Carlos Palacio did it with the Internacional, who remains with 39 points.
In Curitiba, the Athletico Paranaense (34 points), with Colombian Nicolás Hernández in the headline, lost at home 0-1 to Fluminense (36), which featured fellow coffee grower John Arias and Uruguayan Abel Hernández. An own goal by Ze Ivaldo sentenced the victory of the Rio de Janeiro team.
In the classic gaucho, the Guild, in the relegation zone with 26 units, defeated Juventude de Caxías (28) 3-2. Douglas Costa, Diego Souza and Paraguayan Mathías Villasanti converted for the homeowners, while Sorriso and Róberson scored for the visitors, who had Peruvian Fernando Pacheco.
In Fortaleza, Ceará (31 points) equaled 2-2 with Bragantino (42).
Gabriel Lacerda and an own goal by Fabricio Bruno counted for the locals, In which the Colombian Stiven Mendoza appeared, while Alerrandro and Helinho were the authors of the goals of the set of the city of Bragança Paulista, which aligned the Uruguayan Emilio Martínez and the Venezuelan Jan Hurtado.
The Sport Recife, by Paraguayan coach Gustavo Florentín and with Colombian Santiago Tréllez and Uruguayan Leandro Barcia in the field, drew 0-0 at home against Santos, by Emiliano Velázquez and Carlos Sánchez, also from Charrúa. The locals are still in the relegation zone with 27 points, two less than the São Paulo team.
The day began on Saturday with two games.
In Chapecó, state of Santa Catarina, bottom Chapecoense (13 points) fell 1-2 to Fortaleza (45), of Argentine coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda.
The scorer Yago Pikachú and Bruno Melo scored for the visitors, third in the table, while Rodrigo Silva discounted for the locals.
The america (32 units) equaled in Belo Horizonte 0-0 against Bahía (28). The Colombian Hugo Rodallega and the Argentine Germán Conti appeared with the whole of the city of Salvador.
On Monday the day is completed with the São Paulo classic between Sao Paulo and Corinthians at the Morumbí stadium.