From: Jesus Petry on
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Corinthians take lead back in Mano Menezes' farewell.
Mano takes over the NT and will announce the team for a friendly
against USA (Aug 10) later today.

Sat, Jul 24:

Avaí 0-0 Atlético-MG
Atlético were down to nine men by about twenty minutes,
but held on.

Vasco da Gama 2-0 Atlético-GO
[Nilton 34', Fumagalli 54']
What a rocket by Nilton! And Fernando Prass saved a PK
to keep Vasco safe.
Point for me.

G. Prudente 0-0 Vitória
Prudente draw a lot.

Sun, Jul 25:

Santos 1-0 São Paulo
[Renato Silva 61' (OG)]
Santos recover some morale before the cup finals. I hope
SP don't start to recover Wednesday.

Cruzeiro 2-2 Grêmio
[Henrique 46', 86' - Borges 45+1', Jonas 80']
Usually a draw in Minas Gerais would be a great result for
Grêmio, but they let the win escape twice and are still in
relegation zone.

Internacional 1-0 Flamengo
[Taison 5']
We used several reserves and the team kept working well!
Point for me.

Goiás 0-2 Atlético-PR
[Manoel 29', Maykon Leite 81']
That was a surprise.

Ceará 0-0 Palmeiras
Ceará have still not allowed a single goal at home. And
Scolari is still winless after three games.
Point for me.

Corinthians 3-1 Guarani
[Jorge Henrique 3', Bruno César 78' (FK), 86' - Mazola 65']
Adílson Batista will take over for Mano.
Point for me.

Botafogo 1-1 Fluminense
[Edno 76' - Emerson 61']
A very entertaining and nervous derby, with three sending
offs near the end. Botafogo were closer to the win, but are
now in the drop zone after eight winless matches. Flu are
now second.

Predictions score for me: 4s + 0d = 4

Brasileirão Maluco:
Pools Bets Total
Daniele 50 +1 51
Sid/Milivella 47 +3 50
MH/Mark 47 -1 46
Luiz 45 -2 43
Lléo 31 -1 30

Standings:
Pts Pld W D L GF-GA Diff
1 Corinthians 24 11 7 3 1 20-12 +8
2 Fluminense 23 11 7 2 2 15- 7 +8
3 Ceará 20 11 5 5 1 9- 4 +5
4 Internacional 19 11 6 1 4 19-15 +4
5 Avaí 16 11 4 4 3 17-15 +2
6 Cruzeiro 16 11 4 4 3 13-11 +2
7 Flamengo 16 11 4 4 3 12-10 +2
8 Santos 15 11 4 3 4 17-15 +2
9 Vitória 14 11 3 5 3 13-13 0
10 Palmeiras 14 11 3 5 3 12-12 0
11 G. Prudente 14 11 3 5 3 13-14 -1
12 Guarani 14 11 3 5 3 11-15 -4
13 Atlético-PR 13 11 4 1 6 15-20 -5
14 Vasco da Gama 13 11 3 4 4 11-14 -3
15 São Paulo 12 11 3 3 5 13-13 0
16 Goiás 12 11 3 3 5 11-15 -4
17 Botafogo 12 11 2 6 3 17-16 +1
18 Grêmio 11 11 2 5 4 14-17 -3
19 Atlético-MG 10 11 3 1 7 14-21 -7
20 Atlético-GO 7 11 2 1 8 10-17 -7

Home wins: 50.0%
Away wins: 18.2%
Draws: 31.8%

Goals per game: 2.51

Top scorers:
Alecsandro (Internacional),
Bruno César (Corinthians),
Roger (former Guarani) - 6.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry