Hold Your Breath! The Championship in SP is on Fire!

Dentinho Celebrates in Occasion of Easter

The group stage of the Paulista Championship is coming to an end and a lot of thrill is expected. This weekend, all the big 4 clubs won. Except for Palmeiras who easily beat Paulista 2-0, the big clubs got their victories in a mediocre fashion.

Santos, with 4 minutes left, got a goal through Marcinho Guerreiro and beat leader Guaratinguetá 1-0. Santos, who the press considered to be dead, still has chances to move to the semi-final.

Corinthians suffered againt Rio Claro, the last club in the table, but it won 1-0, goal by Dentinho. The club now is in 4th.

São Paulo relied again on Borges to score the lonely against Guarani. Ponte Preta beat Sertãozinho 3-0 and is the third. The table looks like this with 3 rounds left:

Guaratinguetá 31pts
Palmeiras 31pts
Ponte Preta 30pts
Corinthians 29pts
São Paulo 29pts
Barueri 26pts
Santos 26 pts

Rio

Fluminense dominated the derby against Vasco, and beat the rivals 2-1 with another good performance of youngster Thiago Neves (I told you many times he is good), and another poor match of veteran Edmundo.

Botafogo got the victory of the weekend. 7-0 against Macaé. Wellington Paulista scored 4 goals and is the top striker of the championship.

Flamengo beat 2-0 cabofriense.

Rio Grande do Sul

Inter won its group by beating Veranópolis 3-1.

Category: Tournaments

Tags: state leagues 08, Thiago Neves, Wellington Paulista, Tournaments, Tag Index

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