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Botafogo gave up a late easy goal and wound up snatching a draw from the jaws of victory. Marcos Aurelio scored in the 89th minute on a powerful strike to lift Coritiba to a two all tie with Botafogo.
Six minutes earlier Renato found the back of the net to give what appeared to be the match winner for Botafogo but that was not meant to be.
Botafogo sorely needed the win.
Santos defeated bottom feeder Nautico 2-1.
Internacional escaped with 3-2 win over Gremio-Barueri. Gonzalo Sorondo scored the match winner in the 83rd minute on a nifty shot to lift Internacional to the win.
Goias shut out Atletico-Paranaense 3-0.
Diego Sousa ripped a winner in the 59th minute to give Palmeiras to 1-0 win over Fluminense. Fluminense is in a world of hurt. They are near the bottom of the table. Fluminense is in danger getting the heave hoe.
Cruzeiro defeated Sport 1-0.
Santo Andre and Corinthians tied at one all.
Corinthians has played like crap for two straight games.
With yesterdays matches in the books Palmeiras is in first place with 31 points.
Atletico-MG is second with 28 points however; they have a game in hand.
Internacional is in third place with 27 points.
Corinthians dropped a spot to sixth place with 24 points.
Fluminense is in 19th spot with 11 points.
Some big matches are tap for tonight. Flamengo takes on second place Atletico-MG. This should be a good one.
Sao Paulo has a hot date with Gremio.
Avai takes on Vitoria.
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