The Santos yielded this Saturday a draw at home by 2-2 against Bragantino in a match for the thirteenth day of the Brazilian Championship and remained in fifth place in the classification of the League in Brazil, from where he sees the pointers further and further away.
The team led by Argentine coach Fabián Bustos reached 18 points and was 7 units behind the leader palm treeswho on Monday will have to defend his first place in a difficult derby against Sao Pauloalready 4 of Corinthiansthe second in the classification and that on Sunday receives the humble Goiás.
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Despite getting a comfortable lead in the first half with two goals from Leo Baptistao in its fort, the Vila Belmiro stadium in the port of Santosthe São Paulo team allowed Bragantino to equalize in the second half with goals from Hyoran y Luan Candido.
The draw at home allowed the Bragantino move up to seventh place in the standings, with the same 18 points as Santos but worse goal difference.
In the other game anticipated by the thirteenth day, the Cuiabá and Ceará drew goalless at stake played at the Arena do Pantanal World Cup whose result left both rivals unsatisfied.
This is because Cuiabá, with 13 points, remained in eighteenth place in the standings, that is, among the last four threatened with relegation to the second division.
And Ceará, despite hoping for a victory away from home, had to content themselves with a 0-0 draw that leaves them in tenth place in the standings, with 16 points and nine points behind leader Palmeiras.
The thirteenth day will have another seven games on Sunday and will conclude on Monday with the classic between the palm trees and the Sao Paulo that can define the leadership of the League.
The green club Sao Paulochampion of the last two editions of the Libertadores Cup and one of the big favorites for the Brazilian title this year, was isolated on Thursday at the top thanks to his 4-2 win over Atlético Goianinese, but he is still within reach of the Corinthians.
The group commanded by the Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira leads with 25 points and the Corinthians escorts him with 22.
But palm trees will have a theoretically more difficult commitment for having to be measured in a traditional derby at Sao Paulowho is sixth in the standings, while the Corinthians will receive on Sunday at home the humble Goiás, who is sixteenth in the standings.
The great attraction of the day is the classic that will also be played on Sunday by the Atletico Mineirowhich last year won the Brazilian Championship and the Copa do Brasil, and the FlamengoBrazilian champion in 2019 and 2021 and one of the favorites for the title.
While Mineiro, seventh in the standings, is playing for the continuity of Argentine coach Antonio “El Turco” Mohamed, the Flamengoeleventh, will be able to test Dorival Junior again, who took over as coach last week in place of Portuguese Paulo Sousa.
Pending matches of the 13th day:
Domingo
21.00 Atletico Mineiro-Flamengo
21.00 Corinthians-Goiás
21.00 Coritiba-Atlético Paranaense
23.00 Internacional-Botafogo
23.00 Fortress-America
23.00 Goianiense-Youth
00.00 Fluminense-Avaí
Monday (early morning)
01.00 Sao Paulo-Palmeiras