And the Brasileiro kicks off-
After coming back from Serie-B, Botafogo got whooped by Goias who is now at lead. Palmeiras, ex Serie-B, couldn't get out of a 0-0 score against Atletico MG. Santos got beat by Parana and Cruzeiro won their game against Juventude 2-1. And Corithinans, continuing their bad form, lost to Ponte Preta 3-2. Sao Paulo, playing with 9 men since the 15th minute of the second half, struggled to beat Atletico PR with a goal in the 43rd minute of the second half by Gustavo Nery.
Here are the results:
16h Botafogo 1 x 4 Goiás; Caio Martins Niterói
16h Figueirense 1 x 0 Internacional; Orlando Scarpelli Florianópolis
16h São Caetano 1 x 0 Vitória; Anacleto Campanella São Caetano
18h Cruzeiro 2 x 1 Juventude; Mineirão Belo Horizonte
18h Palmeiras 0 x 0 Atlético-MG; Parque Antárctica São Paulo
21h45 Grêmio 0 x 0 Flamengo; Olímpico Porto Alegre
21h45 Ponte Preta 3 x 2 Corinthians; Moisés Lucarelli Campinas
21h45 Paraná 3 x 2 Santos; Pinheirão Curitiba
20h30 Coritiba 1 x 0 Guarani; Couto Pereira Curitiba
20h30 Vasco 0 x 1 Criciúma; São Januário Rio de Janeiro
20h30 Paysandu 3 x 3 Fluminense; Mangueirão Belém
20h30 São Paulo 1 x 0 Atlético-PR; Morumbi São Paulo
TIME PG J V E D GP GC SG
1 Goiás 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 3
2 Paraná 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1
2 Ponte Preta 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1
4 Cruzeiro 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
5 Coritiba 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
5 Criciúma 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
5 Figueirense 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
5 São Caetano 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
5 São Paulo 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
10 Fluminense 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0
10 Paysandu 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0
12 Atlético-MG 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Flamengo 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Grêmio 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Palmeiras 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 Corinthians 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
16 Santos 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
18 Juventude 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
19 Atlético-PR 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
19 Guarani 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
19 Internacional 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
19 Vasco 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
19 Vitória 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
24 Botafogo 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3
And a player already has goal count of 4 eventhough it was the first game, Alex dias from Goias put in all the goals to beat the newly promoted Botafogo.
TOTAL Goals: 29
4 GOLS
Goiás Alex
2 GOLS
Cruzeiro Dudu
Fluminense Ramón
Paysandu Selmir
1 GOL
Botafogo João Carlos
Corinthians Coelho
Coritiba Jucemar
Criciúma Rafael
Figueirense Sérgio Manoel
Fluminense Romário
Juventude Neto
Paraná Carlinhos, Chokito, Galvão
Paysandu Rogério Souza
PontePreta Marcus Vinícius, Roger, Weldon
Santos Léo, Robinho
SãoCaetano Somália
SãoPaulo Gustavo Nery