Brazilian League: Three Leaders

Written by copacabana , 03.05 09h58

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At the end of this third round, Santos took the first place ahead of Fluminense, equal in points.

The Peixe took advantage of Fluminense's draw against Vasco da Gama, one - one. Abedi had opened the scoring in the first half but Tuta equalized at the beginning of the second half. Vasco fielded a under strength team in protest at the games change of venue to the Maranca after safety fears.

Santos won the derby against Palmeiras at Parque Antartica, 1-2. The Verdão scored the first thanks to defender Gamarra at the 66' minute but Santos reacted at once forcing a Paulo Baier own goal. It was Reinaldo who scored the goal for victory at the end of the game.

Internacional beat Flamengo one nil while Corinthians lost away against Ponte Preta, 3-2. Iran, twice, and Rafael Santos were the Ponte Preta scorers whereas Da Silva(own goal) and Edson were the scorers for the Timão.

Lastly, São Paulo crushed Santa Cruz four nil.

Saturday:

Fortaleza 2 x 1 São Caetano
Alan and Mazinho Lima for Fortaleza
Leandro Lima for São Caetano

Botafogo 0 x 4 Atlético-PR
Pedro Oldoni x3 and Alan Bahia for Atlético-PR

São Paulo 4 x 0 Santa Cruz
Danilo, Mineiro, Leandro and Rogerio Ceni for São Paulo

Sunday:

Palmeiras 1 x 2 Santos
Gamarra for Palmeiras
Paulo Baier(own goal) and Reinaldo for Santos

Parana 5 x 2 Grêmio
Cristiano, Alessandro(own goal), Beto, Ângelo and Emerson for Parana
Hugo and Lucas for Grêmio

Ponte Preta 3 x 2 Corinthians
Iran x2 and Rafael Santos for Ponte Preta
Da Silva(own goal) and Edson for Corinthians

Internacional 1 x 0 Flamengo
Alex for Internacional

Vasco 1 x 1 Fluminense
Abedi for Vasco
Tuta for Fluminense

Juventude 1 x 1 Goias
Lino for Juventude
Souza for Goias

Figueirense 0 x 2 Cruzeiro
Luizão and Wagner for Cruzeiro

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