Carrascal’s goal secures victory for Flamengo. Neymar scores in Santos’ triumph.
Flamengo won 1-0 away to Grêmio on Sunday night (early Monday morning in Portugal), in a duel between Portuguese coaches where Leonardo Jardim prevailed over Luis Castro.
In the match of the 15th round of the Brasileirao, a goal by Jorge Carrascal in the 68th minute, after an assist from Emerson Royal in a beautiful team play, earned Flamengo three points. The current champion now has 30 points in second place, closing in on Palmeiras, the leader with 34, who drew shortly before .
In the other matches at the end of the night and the day, Cédric Soares was a starter in São Paulo’s 3-2 defeat away to Corinthians, who won with goals from Raniele (18m), Matheuzinho (52m) and Breno Bidon (57m), with São Paulo scoring through Luciano (41m) and an own goal by Matheuzinho (89m).
Vasco, with Nuno Moreira as a substitute, won 1-0 at home against Athletico Paranaense, with a goal from Thiago Mendes (37m).
Santos won 2-0 against Bragantino, with Neymar opening the scoring (45+4m) and Adonis Frias sealing it (75m). Mirassol-Chapecoense ended in a 1-1 draw, with Eduardo putting the home team ahead (71st minute) and João Victor scoring an own goal to equalize (83rd minute).
