Corinthians: the perfect round
The team was tripping on the last rounds of the championship. But with the victory over its arch rival Palmeiras(Sao Paulo) and the failure of its close opponents on gathering good results, Corinthians reemerged as one of the favorites to win the Championship.
Traditionally, two rounds of the Championship are separated specially to carry classical matches between teams of the same state. That was the case of this 30th round of the Brazilian Championship. Other than the classical matches, other exciting games were played on the round.
Saturday Matches:
Vitoria(Bahia) 0 x 1 Botafogo(Rio de Janeiro)
Atletico Goianiense(Goias) 1 x 0 Goias(Goias)
Sunday Matches:
Palmeiras(Sao Paulo) x Corinthians(Sao Paulo)
On August 1914, a group of dissidents from Corinthians resigned from the club and founded Palestra Italia, later renamed Palmeiras.
That was the beginning of a huge rivalry that continues until modern days.
On this round duel, Corinthians ended up with a much needed and deserved victory. The team played much better, creating many goal opportunities and defending well, mostly preventing Palmeiras from entering on the goal area.
On the first-half, Roberto Carlos (ex-Real Madrid) found a good spot and passed the ball to Bruno Cesar. The forward shot the ball, which deviated on a Palmeiras' Marcos Assunção and fooled the goal keeper.
But, unlike is shown by many Brazilian's websites, the name of the game wasn't Bruno Cesar. The best player on the field was Corinthians' goalie Julio Cesar. He made incredible defenses and prevent Corinthians from conceding the tying goal.
Final score: Corinthians 1 x 0 Palmeiras
With this result, Corinthians reapproaches the leaders and becomes a strong favorite to the title.
Watch the game highlights:
Avai(Santa Catarina) 0 x 1 Guarani (Sao Paulo)
Sao Paulo(Sao Paulo) 0 x 2 Ceara(Ceara)
Fluminense(Rio de Janeiro) x Atletico Paranaense(Parana)
Long time leader Fluminense begun the round at the second position, 1 point away from the leader Cruzeiro.
It didn't seem, anyway, that they were up to recover the first position.
They started the game loosing to Atletico Paranaense, and after tying the match, they conceded another goal.
SPECIAL BONUS: Long Live the King!
Soccer's most iconic player of all times, the king Pele, celebrated his 70 years
Thought out the country, various teams honored Pele with banners and commemorative jerseys.
That's my humble way to pay honor to my favorite player of all times.
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