He Palm trees achieved their first victory in the 2026 Brazilian Championship with one hand against Vitória (5-1), while the Flemish did not go beyond the 1-1 home draw against Internacional and Botafogo He crashed in Porto Alegre and lost the lead. Murilo, Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez and Maurício helped Palmeiras in the first half of the match, corresponding to the second day of the Brasileirão.
Vitória reduced the deficit at the beginning of the second half through Dudu, but Allan and fellow Paraguayan Ramón Sosa increased the difference and sealed the score. In this way, the team led by Portuguese Abel Ferreira scored the first three points in this edition of the League, by drawing 2-2 against Atlético Mineiro owned by Argentine Jorge Sampaoli.
Alan celebrates goal for Palmeiras
Also this Wednesday, Botafogo, who surprised in their debut by beating Cruzeiro (4-0), were defeated by Grêmio who recovered from a 1-2 deficit and finished with a resounding 5-3 in favor. The main protagonist of the duel was Brazilian striker Carlos Vinícius, scorer of three of the Porto Alegre team’s five goals. Tetê and Edenilson scored the fourth and fifth, respectively. Arthur Cabral and, twice, Danilo scored for Botafogo.
The Rio squad thus ceded the lead, a position now provisionally occupied by Red Bull Bragantino, who this Wednesday narrowly beat Atlético Mineiro thanks to Gustavinho’s solitary goal. Sampaoli’s project, which has made a great effort in this transfer market, is yet to take off in 2026, after reaching the final of the Copa Sudamericana last year.
Neymar’s Santos draws against São Paulo
On the other hand, Santos and São Paulo drew 1-1 at Vila Belmiro, in a new edition of this São Paulo classic. Both clubs arrived immersed in their particular crises and neither emerged from them. With Neymar still out, Santos seemed to raise their heads on the brink of half-time, when Zé Rafael opened the scoring. But Argentine striker Jonathan Calleri, who is coming off a long period of absence due to injury, rescued a point for his compatriot Hernán Crespo’s team in the 66th minute.
Santos and São Paulo tied at Vila Belmiro
Before, Flamengo played at home against Internacional, who drew with a winning taste at Maracaná (1-1). Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaeta saved Fla with a penalty goal that allowed Filipe Luís’ team to add a point against Internacional, who had gone ahead with a good goal from Colombian Rafael Santos Borré.
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The Rio team had just lost the Brazilian Super Cup title to Corinthians and today was about to record its fourth consecutive defeat at Maracaná. Only a penalty by Argentine Alexandro Bernabei against Uruguayan Guillermo Varela, converted by De Arrascaeta in the 68th minute, allowed the Rio team to stay afloat on this date of the championship.
The bad run of Filipe Luís’ men, champion of the League and Copa Libertadores in 2025, began in the Campeonato Carioca, when they lost in the classic against Fluminense (2-1). The situation continued in the first round of the Brasileirão after the away defeat to São Paulo (2-1) and worsened last Sunday when they lost the first title of the season to Corinthians (0-2).
