São Paulo drew 1-1 at Gremio and last seasons champions Corinthians beat Cruzeiro 1-0 to creep out of the relegation zone.
São Paulo’s draw kept their seven-point lead at the top with Copa da Libertadores champions Internacional leaping Gremio – who dropped to fourth – into second place after beating Ponte Preta 2-0.
Wanderley Luxemburgo’s Santos beat Figueirense 2-1 to go third, behind Santos on goal difference.
Sao Paulo, who have 60 points from 30 games, made the perfect start at Porto Alegre’s Olimpico stadium when midfielder Danilo scored from the edge of the penalty area after 51 seconds.
The world club champions were unlucky not to increase their lead as Leandro and Souza hit the woodwork before halftime before Gremio levelled four minutes after the restart with a superbly-taken goal by striker Hugo.
Results
Botafogo/RJ 2 x 1 São Ca&ano/SP
Juninho & Reinaldo and Botafogo.
Marabá and São Ca&ano.
Juventude/RS 1 x 1 Fluminense/RJ
Romeu and Fluminense.
Marcel and la Juventude.
Corinthians/SP 1 x 0 Cruzeiro/MG
Renato and le Corinthians.
Grêmio/RS 1 x 1 São Paulo/SP
Danilo and São Paulo.
Hugo and Grêmio.
Paraná/PR 0 x 2 Flamengo/RJ
Vinicius Pacheco & Fabiano Oliveira and Flamengo.
Fortaleza/CE 3 x 4 Atlético/PR
Lúcio x2 & Finazzi and Fortaleza.
Marcos Aurélio, Cristian, Ferreira & Válber and l’Atlético.
Santos/SP 2 x 1 Figueirense/SC
Rodrigo Tabata & Wellington Paulista and Santos.
Soares and Figueirense.
Ponte Pr&a/SP 0 x 2 Internacional/RS
Fabiano Eller & Iarley and l’Internacional.
Goiás/GO 5 x 3 Santa Cruz/PE
Aldo x2, Romerito x2 & Welliton and Goias.
Bruno Lança, Nenê & Reginaldo Araújo and Santa Cruz.
Table
1. São Paulo FC – 60
2. Internacional – 53
3. Santos FC – 52
4. Grêmio 52
17. Ponte Pr&a – 33
18. Fortaleza – 28
19. São Ca&ano – 26
20. Santa Cruz – 24
Top Scorers
Souza (Goiás) – 15
Soares & Tuta – 12
Wagner (Cruzeiro), Cícero e Schwenck (Figueirense) – 11
