The Best Brasileirao of History is History Now

The best Campeonato Brasileiro of history, and one of the best in the world, came to an end today. After 38 rounds, 4 clubs were fighting for the title: Flamengo, Inter, Palmeiras and Sao Paulo. Many were the possibilities. And three of them won.

Flamengo, with goals by David and Ronaldo Angelim, became the champion for the 6th time. Roberson scored for Gremio.

Inter thrashed and relegated Santo Andre 4-1, with goals by Alecssandro, defender Indio, Andrezinho (with another beautiful free-kick this season) and the promising Giuliano. Santo Andre’s last goal in the first division was scored by the good striker Nunes. With that, Inter finished in second and is going to the Libertadores.

Sao Paulo threw Sport’s farewell party. And the club from Recife will have to go to the second division with a 4-0 defeat. Washington, with a hat-trick, and goalie Rogerio Ceni, with a nice free-kick, scored the goals that took Sao Paulo to its 7th participation in a row in the Libertadores.

Shame is Green

The biggest disappointment of the tournament was Palmeiras. The club led the tournament for 20 rounds and arrived to the 38th round with chances of title. The result? The club did not even qualify for the Copa Libertadores. Palmeiras visited Botafogo, who was trying to escape, relegation and lost 2-1. (Wellington and Jobson scored for Bota; Robert for Palmeiras in the last minute).

This defeat combined with Cruzeiro’s 2-1 victory over Santos sent this year’s runner-up of the Libertadores one more time to the continental competition. The irony of all this? The goal that eliminated Palmeiras, was scored by Cruzeiro’s Kleber, the man who professed his love before to Palmeiras. Obviously, Luxemburgo wasn’t sad at all with Santos defeat, since he is still bitter for being fired from Palmeiras. The other goals of the match were scored by Wellington Paulista (Cruzeiro) and Neymar (Santos).

Clubs from Rio escape from Relegation

With the results already mentioned, Santo Andre was relegated and Botafogo escaped.

All attentions were in the Coritiba – Fluminense match. Whoever lost was going to the second division. the first-half ended 1-1, Marquinhos for Flu and Jeci for Coritiba scored. With the combination of the other matches, Fluminense ended its great recovery campaign saving itself. The draw relegated Coritiba at home in the year of its centenary. The fans went crazy and chaos took place, with fans beating anyone on their way, including the police.

Completely Unimportant

Atletico 0 – 3 Corinthians: After the match, Atletico’s Celso Roth was fired. Corinthians won with two goals by Sousa, a man who was hired to score many goals and failed miserably. The other goals was by Bill at the last minute. And Diego Tardelli missed a penalty. In general, the two sides had disappointing campaigns.

Nautico 0 – 1 Avai: Avai, under coach Silas, ended its excellent campaign with a goal by Eltinho. Nautico was already relegated.

Barueri 0 – 0 Atletico-PR: In its first year in first division, Barueri to stay with a solid campaign.

Vitoria 2 – 2 Goias: Roger and Leandro Domingues, Vitoria’s best two in the tournament, scored. Felipe scored twice for the reserve side of Goias.

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