The 30th round of Brazilian Championship could've changed many championship perspectives, but little changed about it.
The leader, Cruzeiro (Minas Gerais) could've opened four points in advantage on the top of the standings, but missed the chance by losing the game to Gremio (Rio Grande do Sul).
On another match, Santos would've overcomed Corinthians(Sao Paulo) and get to the third place on the Championship by beating Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo), which didn't happened.
Despite the lack of competence of the leaders, we had exciting matched this weekend, that brought opportunity for even more teams to fight for the championship.
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Saturday Games:
Internacional (Rio Grande do Sul) 0 x 3 Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro)
Goias (Goias) 1 x 2 Atletico Paranaense (Parana)
Sunday Games:
Cruzeiro (Minas Gerais) x Gremio (Rio Grande do Sul)
Looking forward to get some safe distance from the runner-up on the champioship standings, Cruzeiro went south to face Gremio on Olimpico Stadium.
On the other hand, Gremio was trying to continue a victorious phase, and get the three points worth for the victory to approach the leaders.
The Argentinean Montilo, one of the best players of the championship until this point, opened the score to Cruzeiro. But championship top striker Jonas helped Gremio to overcome the odd.
Final score: Cruzeiro 1 x 2 Gremio.
Gremio
continues an increadible
climb towards the top, reaching the 7th position.
Despite the loss, Cruzeiro keeps holding the first position with 54 points gained.
Watch the game highlights:
Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro) 0 x 2 Atletico Goianiense (Goias)
Avai (Santa Catarina) 0 x 2 Atletico Mineiro (Minas Gerais)
Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro) x Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro)
Cruzeiro's loss biggest benefited would've been Fluminense, since a victory would've put Rio de Janeiro's team back on the top of the standings.
But Fluminense let the change go by tying the game against Botafogo on a boring and disappointing match. It makes it even worse to say that Botafogo x Fluminense is one of the biggest Rio de Janiero's classical matches.
Final score: Botafogo 0 x 0 Fluminense
Ceara (Ceara) 0 x 0 Palmeiras (Sao Paulo)
Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo) 4 x 2 Santos (Sao Paulo)
Gremio Prudente (Sao Paulo) 0 x 2 Vitoria (Bahia)
Gremio Prudente has been strugling on the championship since the beggining of it.
With 21 points, the team is closer than ever from disputing Divison B of the Brazilian Championship next year. The lost to Vitoria sealed even more what seems to be Gremio Prudente's coffin.
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The 2010 Brazilian Championship has eight rounds letf and mathematical studies show that the ten better positioned teams on the standings
still have chances to win the championship.
The fight for a vacancy on the Libertadores Cup is also getting hotter. The Latin American Soccer Confederation has annonced that, one more, the four better teams on the Brazilian Championship will have the chance to play the most important championship on the continent.
