• Bahia stun Atletico Mineiro with comeback to stage a 3-1 win at home
  

  Bahia and Atlético-MG entered the field in Pituaçu on Monday night with different goals. The home team was looking for victory to get away from the relegation zone and start thinking about moving further up the table. The Rooster aimed to recover the noblest position in the classification and move just one point below the top spot. 

   The team from Minas Gerais had a very good first half, scored a goal with Savarino and lost chances to extend their lead.

  In the final stage, the Bahians dominated the game in surprising fashion.

  The comeback came with Daniel and an inspired substitute in Gilberto who left the bench and decided the game with a brace that saw the match end in a 3-1 scoreline in favor of Bahia. 

  With tonight’s victory, Bahia moved up four positions and are now away from relegation in the Serie A. They are currently 12th with 19 points.

  The match against Fortaleza for the 18th round will be rescheduled and the Bahian team will only return to the field for the national competition on October 3 when they face Santos. The match will take place at 19h (from Brasília) in Vila Belmiro. 

  At Atlético, the result was expensive and they will go home shocked and disappointed. The team from Minas Gerais left the leadership of the Brasileirão and is now third in the table with 31 points. Although, they have one match less than Inter and Flamengo who are leader and vice respectively. In the next round, Galo receives Sport at Mineirão. The game is scheduled for next weekend in an evening game. 

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• Botafogo and Goiás can only play out to a goalless draw at Nilton Santos
  

  Botafogo saw most of the ball for most of the game but failed to capitalize on their dominance on the ball. The home side more than 60% of the ball but lacked the clinical touch in the final third to go all the way. Botafogo created 23 chances in total with six being on target. On the other hand, Goiás created 12 chances with four of them being on target. 

  With the tie, Botafogo ends the round in 14th position with 19 points won so far. 

  Goiás remains in the competition’s bottom spot, with only 11 points added, five less than the nearest opponent. 

  For Botafogo, it means they are now winless in their last two games. Goiás find themselves in a more delicate situation. The stalemate means they are without a win in their last five games. At this rate, they are in grave danger of being relegated come the end of the season. 

  The goalkeepers were the highlight of the match. Tadeu, again, saved Goiás from defeat. Muto appeared during the game and made great saves. Cavalieri, defending Botafogo, was less demanded, but when he worked he did very well. 

  For their next outing, Botafogo will have to wait until next Wednesday. They take on Serie B side Cuiabá in the round of 16 first leg of the Copa do Brasil. Goiás are in action on Saturday and will take on 19th place Bragantino in a battle of the struggling sides. 

   

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• Flamengo thrash Corinthians 5-1 away to maintain vice-leadership of the Brasileirão
  

  Even in the middle of a marathon of games (six in 14 days), Fla thrashed Corinthians 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at Neo Química Arena. The game was valid for the 17th round of the competition. It was a performance that showed Fla still have the character to go all out for another title. 

  Rubro-Negro scored with Everton Ribeiro, Vitinho, Natan, Bruno Henrique and Diego, and Timão scored with Gil. 

  Domènec Torrent‘s team sends another message to their rivals and maintains a stern chase with Internacional. On the other hand, Vagner Mancini‘s team didn’t play badly but were nowhere near their opponents in all departments. 

  The first half started with Flamengo dominating the game. In the 10th minute, Fla saw a goal canceled after a VAR review. They finally got their goal in the 32nd minute through Ribeiro. The first half ended that way but there was a lot coming in the second half. 

  Flamengo increased the score early on, in a great play by Everton Ribeiro finished by Vitinho, with no chances for Cássio. Then, in an unpretentious corner, Natan made it 3-0.  

  Gil pulled one back for Corinthians but it was a mere consolation as Bruno Henrique and Diego added more to make it a humiliating 5-1 defeat for Timão. 

  The victory takes Flamengo to 34 points, the same score as Inter who have an advantage in the goal difference. Corinthains remain in 14th place with 18 points and are just two from the relegation spots. 

  The two teams will play again next Wednesday. Corinthians will go to São Januário to face Vasco for the 18th round of the Brasileirão. Flamengo receives Junior Barranquilla at Maracanã for the last round of Group A of the Copa Libertadores. 

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• Internacional win Vasco at home to remain top of the Brasileirão
  

  Colorado did not take much time to wrap up the game, with the two goals coming from Edenílson and Thiago Galhardo. The latter came from the penalty spot. The win was Inter’s fourth consecutive victory in the competition while Vasco remains winless in eight games. 

  In the first half, Inter were all over their opponents, having possession of the ball and exchanging passes.

  They caused trouble for the away side from the start of the match to the finish. Thiago Galhardo and Abel Hernández had a scoring chance in the early stage of the game but it was Edenílson who opened up the scoring in the 25th minute of the match assisted by Galhardo. 

  In the 39th minute, Inter were awarded a penalty coming from a Galhardo foul in the goal area committed by Leandro Castán. The forward himself stood up to the task and scored making it 2-0 to Inter before the break. 

  In the second half, Vasco showed another attitude in the game different to that of the first half. This was mostly because Inter reduced its pace and momentum. The game became more balanced making Cruz-Maltino to be more present offensively. Inter came close to adding to the pile, even after Vasco stepped up their game. Two wonderful saves from Fernando Miguel saw him stop shots from Galhardo and Edenílson who were hungry for more goals of the day. 

  Colorado held on and ended the game with another victory. 

  Both teams return to the field midweek. Colorado visits Universidad Católica in Chile on Thursday for the last game of the Libertadores group stage. Vasco hosts Corinthians for the 18th round of the Brasileirão on Wednesday evening. 

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• A brace from David seals home victory for Fortaleza against Palmeiras
  

  Without their starter available, Leão had two goals from striker David, and stretched their unbeaten game to ten, eight in the Brasileirão, one in the Copa do Brasil and one in the Ceará Championship. Verdão marked their fourth consecutive defeat as well. 

  In the first half, The Lion’s first chance came just nine minutes into the game.

   Osvaldo received a good pass from Yuri César in the goal area, but his shot was well saved by Weverton. In the 18th minutes, Palmeiras responded following a corner kick situation, but Max did well to save their efforts. In the 35th minute, David took advantage of Ronald’s mistakes and opened up the scoring for Leão. Though the goal was ruled out by the referee, with the help of VAR the goal was reinstated. In the 41st minute, David extended his side’s advantage. 

  In the second half, Palmeiras gained speed growing into the game, with the entries of Willian and Wesley, but with the same outcome.  

  Fortaleza stayed further behind to hold on to their lead, preventing palmeirenses to find space to create chances to operate. Gustavo Gómez was later sent off late in the second half by referee Marcelo de Lima and needed to be restrained by his teammates. 

  Fortaleza are now in seventh place just below the top four, while Verdão dropped to eighth. They face Ceará on Wednesday in Castelão for the final of the Ceará Championship. On Sunday, they face São Paulo in Morumbi, for the round of 16 of the Brazil Cup. 

  Palmeiras hosts the Tigre-ARG on Wednesday at Allianz Parque for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores and faces Atlético-GO on Sunday in Goiânia for the Brasileirão.

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• Raheem Sterling seals narrow victory for Manchester City over Arsenal
  

  Sterling was ruled out of England’s games against Wales, Belgium and Denmark with a hamstring injury but was back in action to score decisively midway through the first half at the Etihad Stadium. 

  Arsenal, led by Pep Guardiola’s former assistant Mikel Arteta, beat City in last season’s FA Cup semi-final

  and again asked plenty of questions of their hosts, for whom goalkeeper Ederson excelled. 

  But Guardiola’s side held on for a timely triumph after taking a solitary point from encounters with Leicester City and Leeds United before the international break. 

  Riyad Mahrez, stationed on the right of a fluid City attack, was prominently involved in the opening exchanges – firing wide inside the opening minute before digging out a cross for the returning Sergio Aguero to head over. 

  The former Leicester City favourite’s astute in-field pass released Aguero to run at the Arsenal defence in the 23rd minute, with Phil Foden’s resulting shot saved by Bernd Leno and tucked home on the rebound by Sterling. 

  It was a game to busy both goalkeepers, with Ederson springing into action when Saka and then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang burst into the City box. 

  Guardiola sent on Ilkay Gundogan, returning after a positive coronavirus test, in place of Aguero in an attempt to shore up midfield with Arsenal in the ascendancy after the break. 

  Nevertheless, free-kicks from David Luiz and Nicolas Pepe that did not trouble Ederson were the closest they came. 

  On an increasingly rare foray forward, City wing-back Joao Cancelo almost forced David Luiz to prod into his own net. In the end, Sterling’s solitary strike would prove enough. 

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• Cadiz stun reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid at the Bernabeu
  

  Brazilian duo Marcelo and Vinicius Jnr were all in the starting lineup for Los Blancos but failed to inspire. 

  Promoted Cadiz set about running the party from the onset and took a deserved lead through Anthony Lozano’s 16th-minute effort. 

  Thibaut Courtois denied Lozano a second before half-time, when Zinedine Zidane made four substitutions with an injured Sergio Ramos among the players to make way. 

  Luka Jovic had a goal ruled out and Karim Benzema hit the crossbar, yet Madrid’s sluggish play was not enough to overcome Cadiz’s resolute setup as the Andalusian side held on for a famous triumph. 

  Prior to his injury, Ramos came to Madrid’s rescue after just two minutes, stopping Alvaro Negredo’s effort off the line. 

  Negredo went close with a header and Juan Cala tested Courtois with a shot as Cadiz kept up the pressure, though, and the visitors were rewarded for a brilliant start when Lozano prodded in over Madrid’s onrushing goalkeeper. 

  Lozano looked set to double his tally just after the half-hour, but Courtois made a fine save at his near post, though Madrid’s goalkeeper had a lucky escape when he dropped a cross which no Cadiz attacker could pounce on. 

  With four new faces on, Madrid improved their game, though Vinicius‘ wayward strike was the closest they came to getting an equalizer in the second half. 

  

  Vinicius should have restored parity after the hour; only to head wide from Toni Kroos‘ left-wing cross, the Germany midfielder created five chances as his team-mates struggled. 

  Jovic’s introduction looked to have sparked the comeback, yet the substitute’s goal was rightly disallowed for an offside from Benzema, who then struck the woodwork as Cadiz held firm to join Madrid and Granada on 10 points. 

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• Coutinho plays a part as Barca slump to 1-0 defeat at the hands of Getafe
  

  Ronald Koeman suffered the first defeat of his reign as Barcelona failed to build on a shock loss for Real Madrid, slipping to a 1-0 defeat at Getafe.  

  However, Barca missed the chance to move level on points with their rivals ahead of next Saturday’s clash at Camp Nou. 

  Jaime Mata’s 56th-minute penalty was enough for Getafe to secure a first league win over their illustrious opponents

  since a similar 1-0 result back in November 2011, a run of 16 games.  

  Lionel Messi struck a post and Getafe captain Djene Dakonam was spared from scoring an own goal by the crossbar. 

  Koeman has now seen his side pick up a solitary point from their last two outings, showing just how difficult the Barca job can be. 

  Ousmane Dembele made his first start of 2020 and there was also an opportunity handed to teenager Pedri from the outset, suggesting the new boss will show faith in youth during the rebuilding job required.  

  Still, it is a big-money signing who will once again come under the spotlight, Antoine Griezmann squandering his team’s best chance to leave him still without a goal at club level in the early stages of the 2020-21 season.  

  The French forward wastefully blasted over when clean through in a first half consistently punctuated by the sound of referee Cesar Soto Grado’s whistle, with five players shown yellow cards.  

  In an eventful finish to proceedings not in keeping with the rest of the contest, Juan Hernandez blazed over at one end before Getafe were saved by the woodwork in stoppage time. Barca suffered a shock defeat at the end of the day. 

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• Liverpool denied win against Everton despite red card to Richarlison
  

  The game ended in a 2-2 score line and Brazilian forward Richarlison was on the wrong side of the headlines with a straight red card. 

  On the five-year anniversary of Jurgen Klopp’s first game in charge of Liverpool, his men kept the tradition having a strong response after a setback. 

  In the first half, three minutes into the game, Andy Robertson got past Seamus Coleman and cut back teasing pass to Sadio Mane who slotted in the opener and put Liverpool in the lead early on. 

  Later into the game, Virgil van Dijk tried to reach a cross following a free kick, but had a huge collision with Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford

   who appeared to catch the Dutchman’s knee in an awkward position. Van Dijk was later replaced by Joe Gomez in the 11th minute. 

  The home side got their equalizer in the 19th minute following a corner kick played by James Rodriguez and met by Michael Keane’s header. 

  In the second half, the game was more balanced. Mohammed Salah lashed in a loose ball from Yerry Mina’s defensive mistake in the 72nd minutes but the lead didn’t last long. In the 81st minute, Everton got their equalizer scored via a header by Dominic Calvert-Lewin. 

  Late in the final period of the game, Everton forward Richarlison received his matching orders for a bad foul on Thiago Alcantara. He was late and he showed his studs. 

  Liverpool had the chance to win the game from with a goal scored by Jordan Henderson, but it was ruled out for offside by VAR. Mane was deemed to be in an offside position before making the pass. The game ended with two goals apiece. 

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• Fluminense and Ceará share the spoils in four-goal thriller at Maracanã
  

  The Tricolor team opened up the scoring with Luiz Henrique in the 12th minute. In the 41st minute, Hudson deflected Charles’s header into his own net giving his opponents the equalizer. 

  In the second half, the team from Ceará returned stronger than the first and got to turn the score line around with Vina,

  taking advantage of Digão’s mistake. In the 90th minute, Danilo Barcelos got a pass from Fred and scored to level the scoreline, ending the game 2-2. 

  With the draw, Fluminense missed the chance to enter top four of the Brasileirão. The tricolor team finished the game with 26 points and stay at sixth place in the table. Ceará has 19 points and stays at 12th position, moving down three places after being overtaken by three opponents. Flu next match is next Sunday against Santos, in Maracanã, while Vozão hosts Coritiba in Castelão, next Saturday. 

  In the 41st minute, Charles celebrated the deflected goal, but it has short timed when the referee Sandro Meira Ricci ruled it as an own goal. At the break, the fourth referee was asked about whom the goal was awarded to but it was stated that they will still have to decide after the match as it was still unclear. 

  In the 78th minute, Vina retrieved the ball from Digão, dribbled past Muriel and scored with his left leg to put his team ahead in the lead. After the finish, the player fell on the floor with pain felt in his shoulder.

  He couldn’t celebrate, but his teammates did. Vozão’s players all threw themselves on Vina who was lying on the floor in pain. 

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