ALL RIO TEAMS WITH CHANCE TO BE BRAZIL CHAMPIONS!

All the teams from Rio won their matches the past weekend: Flamengo beat Ceará 1-0 (but Ronaldinho was sent off and will not play the next match). Vasco da Gama also won and is now in first place together with Corinthians, both have 54 points. Fluminense beat Palmeiras by 2-1. Botafogo has a very good chance of going to first place if it gets a victory against Santos on Wednesday night. The first places in the points table are as follows:

1) Corinthians 54 pts

1) Vasco da Gama 54 pts

2) Botafogo 52 pts

3) Flamengo 51 pts

4) Fluminense 50 pts.

FLAMENGO WINS FLA-FLU: 3-2

Yesterday at the Engenhão Stadium, Flamengo beat its main rivals, Fluminense by 3-2. Now Flamengo has a good chance of becoming champions, at present it is in 4th place of the points table. Its next match is on Wednesday night against Palmeiras. Vasco da Gama lost 3-0 to Internacional in Porto Alegre. Botafogo drew 2-2 with Bahia.

FLU BEATS CORINTHIANS ! UP TO 5TH PLACE

FLUMINENSE IS IMPROVING ....BEAT THE LEADER CORINTHIANS BY 1-0 AT ENGENHAO STADIUM;......FRED SCORED WITH A LUCKY FREE KICK (SEE HERE).

VASCO DA GAMA DREW 1-1 WITH FIGUEIRENSE,,,,,,,BOTAFOGO WENT DOWN 5-0 TO CORITIBA AND FLAMENGO ALSO LOST 1-2 (AGAINST AT.PARANA) ..FLA IS IN A CRISIS...LUXEMBURGO MAY GO !

FLAMENGO WINS FIRST MATCH IN BRASILERAO

The 40th edition of the world´s most difficult football championship began on Saturday, May 21. The 2009 champion, Flamengo of Rio got off to a great start with a 4-0 win over Avai. Ronaldinho Gaucho scored two goals and showed to be in very good form.That same day, another of RJ´s most famous clubs, Vasco da Gama, played its first match in Fortaleza against Ceará and also won by 3-1. On Sunday, May 22, the other teams from Rio did not do so well. Botafogo lost to Palmeiras by 1-0 and Fluminense (the 2010 champions) lost at home to São Paulo F.C by 2-0. Anyway there are still 37 more matches to be played so the teams that lost have plenty of time to recover. Until now many local football experts have stated that two of the favorites to win this year´s Brasileirão are Flamengo and Santos. Flamengo won this year´s Rio de Janeiro State Championships and is coached by the experienced Wanderley Luxemburgo.