Coritiba beat Atletico Mineiro with Portuguese player Josué in the starting lineup.
Even playing with ten men for almost the entire second half, after Murillo’s expulsion in the 47th minute, Palmeiras beat Athletico Paranaense 1-0 and maintained their six=point lead at the top of the Brasileirao standings .
The game was decided by captain Gustavo Gomez in the 15th minute, following a corner kick. Near the end, the team managed by Abel Ferreira, who remains out of the squad due to suspension , saw the referee award a penalty in the Athletico area, a decision he reversed after reviewing the footage of the incident on the advice of VAR.
Palmeiras’ return to winning ways allows them to maintain their six-point lead over the second-placed team, a gap reduced to two after Sao Paulo’s defeat against Vasco da Gama and Bahia’s loss to Flamengo.
Leonardo Jardim’s team won the 12th round of the championship 2-0 , thanks to goals from Giorgian de Arrascaeta (17m) and Lucas Paquetá (80m). In between, Jean Lucas, Bahia’s midfielder, hit the crossbar of Flamengo ‘s goal with a powerful shot .
Flamengo reached 23 points, as did Fluminense, who recovered from two deficits to win 3-2 away at Santos. Savarino (24m), Castillo (60m) and John Kennedy (86m) responded to Santos ‘ goals , scored by Gabriel Barbosa (9m) and Barreal (57m).
Still in the 12th round of the Brasileirão, Josué was a starter in Coritiba’s 2-0 victory against Atletico Mineiro , a result built with goals from Breno Lopes (7m) and Pedro Rocha (57m).
Bragantino beat Remo 4-2 with Isidro Pitta, who in Portugal represented Alvarenga in the Aveiro district leagues, completing a hat=trick (19, 37 and 47m) and Duplexe Tchamba (ex-Casa Pia) scoring an own goal for Remo (52m), who reduced the deficit through Gabriel Taliari (28m) and Marcelinho (39m).