Brasileirão 2023: 5th round

Santos 3×0 Bahia

In the opening match of the 5th round of the Brasileirão, Santos had a dominant start and comfortably defeated Bahia at Vila Belmiro.

Santos took the field with: João Paulo, Gabriel Inocêncio, Joaquim, Messias, Lucas Pires, Dodi (Vinícius Balieiro), Camacho (Alison), Lucas Lima (Daniel Ruiz), Ângelo (Ed Carlos), Deivid Washington, Mendoza (Lucas Braga).

Bahia, on the other hand, had: Marcos Felipe, Kanu, David Duarte, Vitor Hugo, Cicinho (Cauly), Acevedo (Vinícius Mingotti), Thaciano (Yago Felipe), Chávez, Ademir, Biel (Daniel), Arthur Sales (Diego Rosa).

Just 4 minutes into the game, Santos opened the scoring. Mendoza took advantage of Marcos Felipe’s rebound from Lucas Lima’s shot and crossed for Deivid Washington, who, at only 17 years old, scored his first professional goal.

In the 14th minute, João Paulo broke the ball for Deivid, who set up Lucas Lima for a beautiful through ball for Mendoza to speed up and calmly finish.

At the end of the first half, Bahia managed to score with Ademir, but the goal was disallowed due to a millimetric offside.

To crown the outstanding performance of the offensive quartet, Ângelo scored his first goal at Vila Belmiro, 6 minutes into the second half, cooling any reaction from the Esquadrão de Aço. The number 11 shirt took advantage of Marcos Felipe’s rebound from Deivid Washington’s shot and just had to tap it into the net.

With the victory, Peixe halted Bahia’s sequence of 2 consecutive wins in the Brazilian Championship.

Santos climbed to 9th position, while Bahia dropped to 13th.

Photo: publicity / Santos

Bragantino 2×2 América-MG

Bragantino and América-MG draw at Nabi Abi Chedid, with goals from Helinho and Aloísio Boi Bandido.

Bragantino started the match with: Cleiton, Aderlan, Eduardo Santos, Natan, Juninho Capixaba (Guilherme Lopes), Matheus Fernandes, Lucas Evangelista (Jadsom), Bruninho (Gustavinho), Vitinho, Helinho (Sorriso), Sasha (Thiago Borbas).

América-MG began with: Matheus Pasinato, Marcinho (Iago Maidana), Ricardo Silva, Eder, Nicolas (Danilo Avelar), Juninho, Alê (Renato Marques), Benítez, Felipe Azevedo (Mikael), Everaldo (Martínez), Aloísio.

Being the only team that hadn’t scored any points in the championship, Coelho started the game pressuring the opponent. At the 12th minute, in the collision between Bruninho and Juninho, the referee confirmed the penalty after VAR consultation. Aloísio converted the penalty by moving the goalkeeper Cleiton.

Soon after, the home team dominated, piling up chances, and at the 32nd minute, Helinho struck a strong free-kick from the edge of the box to level the score. At the end of the first half, once again Helinho, the man of the match, made a good individual play on the right flank, hit the bottom corner and turned the game around for Massa Bruta.

In the final stretch of the match, Aloísio scored another penalty, giving the final numbers to the duel. Thus América gained their first point in the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Bragantino dropped to 15th place, while América remains in the bottom of the table.

Internacional 0x2 Athletico-PR

The match between Colorado and Furacão took place at Beira Rio, where Inter fans saw their team start well but with poor accuracy, allowing Furacão to take advantage of the spaces in the end of the second half and secure a great away victory.

Inter started with Keiller, Busto (Igor Gomes), Vitão, Rodrigo Moledo, and Renê (Thauan Lara), Baralhas (Estevão), De Pena, and Alan Patrick, Wanderson (Lucca), Pedro Henrique, and Luiz Adriano (Gabriel Barros).

Furacão came with Bento, Khellven, Pedro Henrique, Thiago Heleno, and Fernando, Hugo Moura (Christian), Erick, and Alex Santana (Vitor Bueno), Thiago Andrade (Canobbio), Pablo (Matheus Felipe), and Vitor Roque (Willian Bigode).

Inter started the game very well, especially on the right, with right-back Bustos exploiting the corridor very well, often left open for his advancement due to Pedro Henrique’s approach to center-forward Luiz Adriano. It was from the right that a great cross came out for Luiz Adriano’s header on the post.

Inter continued to control the game’s actions, with Pedro Henrique having at least three chances to score in the first half but failed to do so. Inter was finding the spaces between Athletico’s lines very well. At the 20-minute mark, after receiving a good pass from defender Vitão, Luiz Adriano lobbed Bento but hit the crossbar. Athletico only managed to create a dangerous chance in the first half at the 35-minute mark when, after a good cross from Vitor Roque, Pablo received the ball almost in the small box but shot unbalanced for Keiller’s easy save.

The second half started differently, and for almost 10 minutes, it was all about Furacão. Mano Menezes was not pleased with the situation and kept shouting from the bench to his team. Furacão had good chances to score, especially with Kelvin’s free-kick that went just over the crossbar.

Inter seemed unable to find spaces between Athletico’s lines anymore and tried to make plays on the sides, but nothing worked while Athletico defended well and tried to surprise in quick transitions.

At the 33-minute mark, Christian received a good pass from Canobbio at the entrance of the box and hit a beautiful angled shot into Keillor’s corner, making it 1-0 to Furacão.

Inter tried to attack desperately, but nothing worked until the end of the game when, after a beautiful pass from goalkeeper Bento, Willian Bigode won in speed over the Colorado defense, controlled the ball, and hit a beautiful lob to seal the deal. Atheltico won 2-0.

With the defeat, Inter remains in 11th place, and Furacão takes 4th place.

Cuiabá 0x4 Atlético-MG

The “Galo” (Atlético Mineiro) traveled to Cuiabá to face “Dourado” in the beautiful Arena Pantanal. Both teams were thirsty for the 3 points, but Atlético came out on top.

Cuiabá’s starting lineup was: Walter, Matheus Alexandre, Marllon, Alan Empereur, and PK; Felipe Augusto (Raniele), Ronald Lopes (Cappelini), and Denilson (Quagliata); Jonathan Cafu (Emerson Ramon), Wellington Silva, and Isidro Pitta (Deyverson).

Atlético started the match with: Everson, Bruno Fuchs (Réver), Nathan Silva, Jemerson, and Patrick; Battaglia (Paulo Vitor), Zaracho (Rubens), and Hyoran (Edenilson); Pavón, Hulk, and Vargas (Paulinho).

Cuiabá began trying to dominate the game, but they found a very determined and strong-marking team on the other side. At 8 minutes, Dourado had a good chance with Jonathan Cafu, who shot hard in the area, the ball hit his teammate Pitta, and ended up with Galo. Cuiabá was attacking very well on the left side of their attack.

Atlético was marking well but was unable to construct the game, until at 12 minutes, Zaracho launched Pavón, who shot like an arrow down the right and found Hyoran in the middle of the area, who just completed the goal, 1-0 Galo. They started to realize that the way to break through Cuiabá’s defense was through the sides of the field.

The first half continued to be intense and both teams still had chances to score, but they didn’t take advantage of their opportunities.

In the second half, Atlético was lighter and managed to make more passes, which led them to the second goal. After a great through ball, Vargas found Hulk entering the area in a sprint, who was knocked down by Marllon, penalty. Hulk took a firm shot and widened the score.

Cuiabá tried to react and started to play more in Galo’s field, but they couldn’t create clear chances to score. Meanwhile, Galo started to exploit the spaces left by Dourado very well, and in one of those moments, Hulk found Pavón free, who shot down the right, entered the area, and scored, 3-0.

In the end, after a beautiful play between Hulk, Pavón, and Paulinho, Paulinho received the ball in the area and displaced Walter to seal the rout, 4-0 Galo.

Flamengo 2×0 Goiás

Flamengo and Goiás faced each other at Maracanã, and Mengão needed a win to try to gain momentum in the Brasileirão.

Flamengo entered the field with: Matheus Cunha, Wesley, Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira, and Ayrton Lucas (David Luiz), Pulgar (Vidal), Victor Hugo, Everton Ribeiro (Matheus França), and Arrascaeta, Everton Cebolinha (Matheus Gonçalves), and Pedro (Bruno Henrique).

Esmeraldino came with: Marcelo Rangel, Maguinho, Edu, Sidimar, and Sander, Zé Ricardo, Morelli (Willian Oliveira), Diego (Dodô), and Palacios (Diego Gonçalves), Vinicius (Alesson), and Matheus Peixoto.

Flamengo started dominating the game, and practically all the plays went through the feet of the Uruguayan Arrascaeta. At 5 minutes, after a good infiltration by Ayrton Lucas, he was fouled in the box, penalty. Pedro stepped up to take the penalty, sent the goalkeeper the wrong way and scored. Maracanã erupted but the moment wasn’t all joy for the red-and-black fans, as shortly after taking the penalty, Pedro felt a muscular injury and was immediately substituted.

Goiás started attacking Flamengo well from the wings, but ended up failing in the final touch and started to show danger with shots from outside the box. Matheus Peixoto shot on the corner but Matheus Cunha made a beautiful save; Almost in the next play, Cebolinha dribbled into the box and finished for a beautiful save by Marcelo Rangel.

The first half ended hot with both teams trying to make plays but also defending well.

Right at the beginning of the second half, at 3 minutes, Everton Cebolinha received on the left, crossed low into the box, Everton Ribeiro anticipated the defender and flicked it into the back of the net, what a goal from the guy who’s already used to making masterpieces at Maracanã, 2-0 Mengão.

The second half continued open and both teams had more chances to score, but the game ended 2-0 for Fla, which with the victory jumped to 12th place, while Esmeraldino remained in 18th.

Palmeiras 4×1 Grêmio

Almost 38,000 spectators saw another convincing victory from the consistent Palmeiras against Grêmio, who have been experiencing ups and downs.

Palmeiras entered the field with: Weverton, Mayke, Luan, Gustavo Gomes, and Piquerez, Zé Rafael (Fabinho), Gabriel Menino, and Raphael Veiga (Endrick), Artur (Breno Lopes), Rony (Richard Ríos), and Dudu (Bruno Tabata).

Grêmio, on the other hand, came with: Gabriel Grando, Thomas Luciano (Gustavo Martins), Bruno Uvini, Bruno Alves, Kaneman (André), and Reinaldo, Villasanti (Gaudino), Carballo, and Bitello, Cristaldo (Zinho), and Vina (Nathan).

As usual, Palmeiras started the game suffocating the opponent, and at 5 minutes after a loose ball in the area, Piquerez took a chance, and Gabriel Grando made a great save. It was evident that Renato Gaúcho’s decision to field five players in the first line and only Vina and Cristaldo as players up front made it difficult for the Grêmio to set the pace of the game.

Palmeiras, on the other hand, continued to play the ball well and mark very strong when they lost it, with quick recoveries that enabled the team to find the path to the goal. Palmeiras started to play very well on the sides, with Artur and Mayke on the right and Dudu and Piquerez on the left. Dudu was unstoppable, dribbling the Grêmio defenders with ease and had at least two good chances by the 20th minute.

Grêmio couldn’t play, and Palmeiras continued to dominate all actions. At 23 minutes, after a beautiful cross from Mayke, Palmeiras’ top scorer of the season, Rafael Veiga, entered the area and headed the ball into the back of the net.

Until the end of the first half, it was all Palmeiras. Gabriel Grando made great saves, and Palmeiras players couldn’t extend the lead. At the end of the first half, Bitello carried the ball through the middle and made a beautiful shot into the left angle of Weverton, who still touched the ball but couldn’t prevent the young Grêmio player’s stunner.

The second half started with Palmeiras determined to win the game. Dudu and Mayke continued to torment the Imortal’s defense, and at 3 minutes, after a good play, Artur crossed, and Rony headed, but Grando made another good save. At 8 minutes, after a corner kick by Veiga, Luan headed the ball, which hit Bruno Uvini’s hand. Veiga went confidently to the ball and shot firmly in the middle, 2-1 for the green and white team.

Grêmio still looked very apathetic in the game and seemed unable to break through Palmeiras’ lines in any way, while Palmeiras continued to play their game with great inversions, overlaps, and excellent passes, barely making any mistakes.

Proof of this was the third goal for Palmeiras. The play started with Mayke carrying the ball from the right side of a back line of three. The ball circulated around the entire field, passing through practically all of the Palmeiras players, until Artur, from the right wing, made a beautiful cross-field pass to Dudu, who was on the left wing. Dudu controlled the ball with class, cut inside, and found Mayke’s run, who passed to Rony in the middle of the box.

Rony turned and shot, hitting Bruno Uvini, and Mayke, who had followed the play very well, entered the box, picked up the ball, and shot it into the back of the net. Palmeiras held the ball uninterrupted for two minutes until that goal was scored.

Finally, birthday boy Luan scored after a great cross from Rafael Veiga, the man of the match. The game showed that Palmeiras is able to maintain its rhythm and consistency, while Grêmio suffers from absences and the lack of players with quick transitions.

With the win, Palestra Itália remains in second place in pursuit of Botafogo, while Grêmio drops to 10th position.

Coritiba 1 x 1 Vasco da Gama

More than 20,000 spectators faced the 11-degree cold of the Paranaense capital (Curitiba) to see the modest 1-1 draw at Couto Pereira. Coritiba was expecting its first victory in the Brasileirão, while Vasco hoped to rediscover their good football.

Coxa came to the field with: Gabriel, Natanael, Bruno Viana, Henrique, Bruno Dombroski (Cahncellor) and Victor Luis (Matheus Bianqui), Bruno Gomes, Lizieiro, and Boschilia (Kaio César), Robson (Marcelino Moreno), and Zé Roberto (William Potker).

The Cruz-maltino entered the field with: Léo Jardim, Pumita Rodríguez, Robson Bambu, and Lucas Piton, Rodrigo (Gallarza), Andrey Santos (Figueiredo) and Jair, Alex Teixeira (Erick Marcus), Gabriel Pec (Orellano), and Pedro Raul (Barros).

The game started hot, and at the 2nd minute, Pedro Raul after a defender’s nutmeg finds Gabriel Pec who cannot finish. In the sequence, the ball reaches Jair, who crosses it, and the ball reaches Andrey, who shoots, but the ball deflects and goes out for a corner. The kick goes to Pumita Rodríguez’s head, who heads for an easy save by Gabriel. The Coxa goalkeeper restarts the ball very well, finding Natanael exploring the right corridor, the young full-back controls the ball and gives an excellent cross-shot for the beautiful save of Léo Jardim.

To the disappointment of those watching the game, after this sequence of plays, the two teams cooled down and could no longer impose a good rhythm. The match became very contested in the middle and counted on several passing mistakes from both teams.

At the 28th minute, Bruno Gomes manages to find Boschilia free at the entrance of the area, and the midfielder shoots hard for another excellent save by Léo Jardim. The game continued cold as the city of Curitiba, until the end of the first half, where Robson made a good play on the right and crossed in the first post, Zé Roberto anticipated Léo Pelé and first-shot cross, 1-0 Coxa.

The second half begins, and the game does not improve, Vasco was having many difficulties in exchanging passes in Coritiba’s field, while the green and white could not take advantage of the transitions.

The game improved a bit when the substitutions of both teams happened, especially with the entries of Marcelino Moreno and Kaio César in Coxa and the young Erick Marcus in Gigante da Colina.

After a beautiful play by Marcelino on the left, he gives a sweet touch to Potker, the number 90 arrives free on the ball but chooses to shoot directly, the shot comes out weak, and Léo Jardim holds it with tranquility. In the counter-attack, Gallarza crosses on the right, the ball reaches the second post, and touches Natanael who was distracted, the young Erick Marcus reacts quickly, controls the ball almost in the small area, and puts the round inside the goal, 1-1.

And so the game ended, Coxa remains in the 19th position, while Vasco stays in 14th.

Cruzeiro 0x2 Fluminense

In a high-technical level match, Cruzeiro played well, created plenty of chances, but Fluminense was opportunistic and won with goals from Ganso and Cano.

Cruzeiro started the game with: Rafael Cabral, William, Oliveira, Luciano Castán (Nikão), Marlon, Machado (Daniel Junior), Neto Moura (Wallison), Mateus Vital, Wesley (Stênio), Gilberto (Henrique Dourado), Bruno Rodrigues.

Fluminense entered the field with: Fábio, Guga, Nino, Felipe Melo (Manoel), Marcelo (Thiago Santos), André, Alexsander, Lima, Ganso (Lelê), Arias (Isaac), Cano (David Braz).

With 27 shots, the Raposa pressed the Tricolor, but was not effective, as only 5 shots were on target.

In a contested start to the game, with few dangerous plays, both teams sought to exchange passes to involve the opponent, and the defenses effectively battled and did not give space. Cruzeiro grew and had good chances with Wesley and Bruno Rodrigues.

In a corner kick, Luciano Castán headed a ball that would beat goalkeeper Fábio, but Cano, well positioned, saved Flu by deflecting the ball.

Despite Cruzeiro’s dominance, Fluminense opened the scoring at 43 minutes. After a ball in the area and a scramble, Lima picks up the rebound and shoots, Lucas Oliveira clears it off the line. Ganso takes advantage of the new rebound and puts it into the back of the net.

In the second half, Tricolor extended their lead with Cano. In a play down the right, Ganso found Guga with a first-time pass, and the fullback crossed for the striker Cano to head in alone and score.

At 29 minutes, the referee awarded a penalty for a foul by Manoel on Bruno Rodrigues, and André, outraged by the decision, complained excessively and was sent off.

The penalty caused friction among the Cruzeiro attackers. Bruno Rodrigues took the ball and shot to the right corner, but Fábio saved it, and the referee ordered the penalty to be retaken because the goalkeeper moved off his line. On the second penalty, Henrique Dourado took the ball to shoot, causing a heated discussion with Bruno Rodrigues. In the second chance, Bruno Rodrigues missed, cried, and was comforted by the Fluminense players.

Fluminense halted Cruzeiro’s three-game winning streak, and now occupies 3rd place, while Raposa dropped to 5th position.

Photo: Tv Globo

 

Botafogo 3×0 Corinthians

Botafogo strolls at Nilton Santos, regains the lead and sinks Corinthians in Brasileirão.

Botafogo entered the field with: Lucas Perri, Di Placido, Adryelson, Cuesta, Marçal, Marlon Freitas (Lucas Fernandes), Gabriel Pires (Tchê Tchê), Eduardo, Júnior Santos (Luis Henrique), Victor Sá (Matías Segovia), Tiquinho Soares (Janderson).

On the other hand, Corinthians started the match with: Cássio, Fagner, Murillo, Gil and Fábio Santos (Bruno Méndez), Roni, Maycon (Barletta), Matheus Araújo (Giuliano), Adson (Wesley), Róger Guedes, Yuri Alberto.

Botafogo opened the scoring by exploiting Corinthians’ weakness in the air. After the corner kick, Cuesta headed almost alone and hit the crossbar, and Tiquinho Soares had only to push the ball into the net.

With the advantage, Glorioso continued to be better, while Corinthians preferred not to expose themselves and kept marking in the defensive field.

In the second half, Timão took more risks, went forward, and occupied more of the opponent’s field. However, at the 34th minute, in a swift counter-attack, Júnior Santos dribbled Cássio and was fouled. In the penalty kick, the top scorer in Brasileirão, Tiquinho Soares, scored again in the match.

From then on, Botafogo completely dominated the match and closed the score with a beautiful play. In a passing exchange involving several players, Segovia served Eduardo to control and beat Cássio in the corner, giving the final numbers to the game. With the 3-0 score, the Paulistas felt the shock, and the Cariocas celebrated with the “olé” chant.

With the victory, Botafogo returns to the 1st position, while Corinthians stays on the brink of the relegation zone, in the 16th place.

Photo: Vítor Silva/Botafogo

Fortaleza 0x0 São Paulo

Fortaleza and São Paulo draw without goals, in a game with 1 expulsion on each side.

Fortaleza started with: Kozlinski; Tinga, Brítez, and Titi, Lucas Crispim (Bruno Pacheco), Zé Welison (Zanocelo), Caio Alexandre, Pochettino (Thiago Galhardo), Yago Pikachu, Guilherme (Calebe), Romero (Ceballos).

While São Paulo started with: Rafael, Raí Ramos (Rafinha), Diego Costa, Alan Franco, Patryck (Caio Paulista), Pablo Maia, Nestor, Alisson, Rato (Gabriel Neves), Marcos Paulo (Luciano), Calleri (Juan).

Both teams started with alternative lineups, aiming to rest some starters for the upcoming match against Corinthians (in São Paulo’s case) and the midweek game of the Brazilian Cup.

At 9 minutes, Pikachu crossed for Guilherme who headed against the crossbar, creating the most dangerous chance of the match for Fortaleza.

São Paulo hit Kozlinski’s goal only once, while Fortaleza demanded some saves from Rafael.

At 16 minutes, Brítez received the second yellow card for a supposed elbow on Calleri, which was actually just a dispute for space. To compensate for his mistake, the referee expelled Nestor, also with the second yellow card at 25 minutes, but the midfielder did not even commit a foul on the play.

Shortly before being expelled, Nestor had São Paulo’s best opportunity, faced the goalkeeper, but was stopped by Kozlinski’s defense.

With equality in expulsions and in the score, Fortaleza went for it, created opportunities, but could not score.

With the result, Fortaleza maintains its unbeaten run but drops to 6th place with 9 points, while São Paulo remains just behind in 7th place with 8 points.

Photo: Fortaleza 0 x 0 São Paulo – Melhores momentos – Rodada 5 do Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2023

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Written by Henry Miller and João Felipe Miller.