Flamengo beats São Paulo at Maracanã and returns to be leader of the Brazilian Championship

This Wednesday (17) Flamengo beat São Paulo by the score of 2 to 1, guaranteeing the leadership of the national competition. See the best moments of the match:

_{Best moments of Flamengo 2 x 1 São Paulo (Video: reproduction/YouTube/ge)}

It is worth remembering that the result not only took Tite's men to the top of the table, but also broke a taboo of 115 rounds that this did not happen. The last time the red-black was in first position in the 38th and final round of the Brasileirão 2020 which, interestingly enough, ended in February 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On that occasion, the club became champion of the edition, coincidentally in a match against São Paulo, with the difference being that the match ended in victory for the team. Tricolor by the same score, but Internacional's 0-0 draw with Corinthians resulted in the combination of results giving Flamengo the cup.

After the match, coach Tite did not give much importance to the first position, but said that Flamengo's main focus is to try to remain among the top four until the last ten rounds and thus continue the momentum, as he believes it will be during this period. for the definition of the champion to happen.

Situation

As already mentioned, Flamengo is the leader, but only in terms of the tiebreaker criteria in relation to Internacional itself. Both clubs have six points with two wins in two games and 100% success so far, the red–black has an advantage in the number of goals scored (4 to 3).

_{Flamengo players celebrating the 2-1 victory over São Paulo (Photo: reproduction/Instagram/@flamengo)}

Flamengo agenda

Flamengo returns to the pitch on Sunday (21), when it visits Palmeiras at Allianz Parque, at 4pm. The match is valid for the third round of the Brazilian Championship.

Featured photo: ball dispute in the match between Flamengo and São Paulo (Reproduction/WagnerMeier/Getty Images Embed)