The Fluminense reaped a goalless draw on his visit this Saturday to the Sao Paulo on the first day of Brazilian Championship and was able to go away with the victory but Volpi saved a penalty charged by Nene, while the Bay defined the match against him Saints with three goals in seven minutes.
With two goals from Thaciano and one from Juninho for a 3-0 victory at home, Bahia is temporarily at the top of the league standings, with three points, awaiting Sunday's round with which they will begin to define leaders.
In the most anticipated match of the three this Saturday, Fluminense dominated on the Sao Paulo court but failed to finish, while those led by Argentine coach Hernán Crespo barely reacted.
The Rio de Janeiro club was able to gain an advantage in the first half but goalkeeper Volpi covered Nenê a penalty in the 28th minute and wasted other opportunities at the feet of Uruguayan Abel Hernández and Caio Paulista.
The Fluminense lost another golden opportunity with the player that Martinelli started just at the beginning of the complementary and that was wasted by Gabriel Texeira with a finish without strength that reached directly to the chest of the tricolor goalkeeper.
The Sao Paulo almost went unnoticed on the court except for a play at the end of the match between Reinaldo, Luciano and the Ecuadorian Joao Rojas, who could not define the latter.
In another of the games, Bahia beat Santos 3-0 in a defined match in 7 minutes. The hosts began dominating the field with several wasted options and ended up giving ground to the São Paulo club during the first half.
The ball had just started to roll in the complementary when Thaciano scored the first goal for Bahía. Three minutes later the midfielder repeated and at 53 minutes Juninho secured the match for the host club with a header that Joao Paulo failed to save.
Cuiabá and Juventud, two teams that came from the second division, opened the first day of the tournament this Saturday with a 2-2 draw at the Arena Pantanal World Cup stadium, in a match dominated by visitors.
The host team, which is taking part in the league's first division for the first time, opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a goal from Jonathan Cafu, but at the end of the first half (41 ') midfielder Wescley equalized for the Youth.
The advantage came for the visitor only three minutes later with a score by Matheus Peixoto, but Elton avoided the defeat of Cuiabá by equalizing with a header near the end of the match.