Flamengo stays atop Brazilian soccer league with 3-1 win
23/6/2008 16:18
Flamengo defeated Ipatinga 3-1 for its first road victory of the season
yesterday and remained atop the Brazilian national championship.
The result
left Flamengo with 16 points and ahead of Gremio on goal difference.
Juan
opened scoring 12 minutes into the second half after Leonardo Moura's initial
shot rebounded off the goalkeeper's hands.
Flamengo controlled the match from
that point, doubling its lead on Ibson's goal in the 66th.
Tiago Vieira
pulled one goal back for Ipatinga in the 81st but Kleberson dribbled around two
defenders and drove a left-footer into the back of the net in the
90th.
Gremio kept pace, getting three penalties from Roger to beat 10-man
Atletico-PR 3-0 to move into second place.
Roger hit the left sidenetting in
the 12th with his first penalty after he was fouled hard by Fahel, who drew a
yellow card.
In the 58th, Fahel again fouled Roger drawing a second yellow
and penalty.
Roger was again fouled in the area in the 72nd and converted for
a third goal.
Cruzeiro beat Figueirense 3-0 on Saturday, with the striker
Weldon scoring two in the second half to put the match out of reach.
It was
the fourth-straight win at home for Cruzeiro, giving it 16 points and keeping
pace with Flamengio and Gremio, but in third on goal difference.
Guilherme
converted a penalty in the 34th before Weldon added a header in the 56th and a
left-footer in the 67th.
Palmeiras moved into fifth place with a 2-0 win over
Vasco _ its first road victory _ giving the Sao Paulo squad 13 points.
Vasco
controlled the match early, creating two scoring opportunities in the first 10
minutes. But Palmeiras rallied, taking the lead on a nicely placed header from
striker Alex Mineiro in the 35th.
In the second half, Vasco again came out
aggressively, but Palmeiras countered and added to its lead on Kleber's goal in
the 75th.
Defending champion Sao Paulo needed 90 minutes to get a goal by
Hugo, but prevailed over Sport 1-0 in Adriano's farewell game before he returns
to European play. It was the team's third-straight victory.
In other games,
Nautico beat Atletico-MG 2-1, Portuguesa beat Botafogo 1-0 on the road, Coritiba
got by Fluminense 2-1, Vitoria won 2-1 over Internacional, and Goias blasted
Santos 4-0.
Xinhua
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