1996 Brazilian Championship - Phase 2

Porto Alegre - Grêmio 2 x 0 Portuguesa.

• Portuguesa was very nervous in this game. The 1st. goal was scored after 2 minutes of the 1st. half. The keepers started to discuss in some moment. Grêmio looked like to construct a great score but Clemer defended very well. A very nervous game in the 2nd. half. I think Portuguesa played very good in some moments. They keeped the ball with precision. The fans of Grêmio became silent. But Grêmio has a team habituated with this kind of decision. Portuguesa made 2 great mistakes for a team who wants to be the champion. They leaved Paulo Nunes free in the 1st. goal and they didn't take a look of the front area in the 2nd. goal. Another mistake was they didn't exploit the chances to score. Rodrigo and Alex Alves (the players that had scored the decisive goals of the other games) were not in a inspired day. The sum of these problems gave the championship to Grêmio.

  Grêmio:
  Danrlei. Arce, Rivarola (Luciano), Mauro Galvão and Roger. Dinho (Aílton), Goiano, Émerson (Zé Afonso) and Carlos Miguel; Paulo Nunes and Zé Alcino.
  Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari.

  Portuguesa:
  Clêmer. Valmir, Émerson, César and Carlos Roberto (Flávio). Capitão, Gallo, Zé Roberto and Caio. Alex Alves and Rodrigo (Tico).
  Coach: Candinho.

  Yellow Cards: Dinho and Goiano (G). Gallo and Flávio (P).
  Goals of the 1st. half: Paulo Nunes (G - 2 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Aílton (G - 39 minutes).

São Paulo - Portuguesa 2 x 0 Grêmio.

• Portuguesa is very closed with the championship after this game. A great result and a great performance. Grêmio was lost in the game. They were not finding a way of playing so some players tryed to stop Portuguesa with faults. A bad choice! Marco Antônio throwed down Alex Alves at 37 minutes. He was expulsed and Gallo scored the 1st. goal with a great shoot. The 2nd. goal finished the game. I think Portuguesa could be better in the attack. Adílson received the 3th. yellow card. He will not play the last game. Grêmio is verry worried now. Sunday the game will be very nice!

  Portuguesa:
  Clemer. Valmir, Emerson, Marcelo and Roque. Capitão, Gallo, Zé Roberto and Caio (Tininho). Alex Alves (Flávio) and Rodrigo (Tico).
  Coach: Candinho.

  Grêmio:
  Danrlei. Marco Antonio, Rivarola, Adílson and Roger. Dinho (Mauro Galvão), Goiano, Emerson and Carlos Miguel (Aílton). Paulo Nunes e Zé Alcino.
  Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Gallo (P - 38 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Rodrigo (P - 15 minutes).

Porto Alegre - Grêmio 2 x 2 Goiás.

• Grêmio played very bad but they are classified to the final. The coach of Goiás had prepared a very good tactical activity. Grêmio had a lot of problems all the game. They were losing all the time untill Paulo Nunes suffered a fool penalty. A draw game but it was enough.

  Grêmio:
  Danrlei. Arce, Rivarola, Adílson and Roger (André Silva). João Antônio, Goiano, Émerson (Mauro Galvão) and Aílton; Paulo Nunes and Zé Alcino (Zé Afonso).
  Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari.

  Goiás:
  Kléber. Índio, Sílvio Criciúma, Richard and Augusto. Romeu, Reidner, Evandro and Túlio (Dill). Lúcio and Alex (Maurílio).
  Coach: Paulo Gonçalves.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Lúcio (GO - 22 minutes) and Adílson (GR - 45 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Evandro (GO - 36 minutes) and Adílson (GR - 40 minutes).
  Yellow Cards: Rivarola, Zé Alcino, Arce, Émerson and André Silva (Gr). Romeu, Sílvio Criciúma and Índio (Go).

• Portuguesa achieved a great result in the house of the Atlético! The referee pointed a penalty at 27 minutes but Portuguesa didn't depress. The players came back to the 2nd. half with determination to attack. It was right. They scored 2 goals. Atlético got the draw after the expulsion of César but it was all. I think Atlético did a good job. Congratulations to the coach Eduardo Amorim. Corinthians had dismissed him but he proved his aptitude.

  Atlético-MG:
  Taffarel. Dinho (Clayton), Ronaldo (Ademir), Rogério and Gutemberg. Doriva, Moacir, Fábio Augusto (Bruno) and Leandro. Euller and Renaldo.
  Coach: Eduardo Amorim.

  Portuguesa:
  Clemer. Valmir, Émerson, César and Carlos Roberto. Capitão, Gallo, Caio (Marcelo) and Zé Roberto. Alex Alves (Roque) and Rodrigo (Tico).
  Coach: Candinho.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Renaldo (A - 27 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Caio (P - 11 minutes), Alex Alves (P - 20 minutes) and Euller (A - 36 minutes).
  Yellow Cards: Dinho and Leandro (A). Caio and Alex Alves (P).
  Red Card: César (P).

Goiás - Goiás 1 x 3 Grêmio.

• Grêmio did a great game in Goiás. The principal problem of the Goiás was the fails to score. Now Grêmio can lose by 2x0 in Porto Alegre. I think Goiás has an almost impossible job. Grêmio has a great experience in this kind of tournament. I want to congratulate the coach of Goiás. He has done a good job.

  Goiás:
  Kléber. Índio, Sílvio Criciúma, Richard and Augusto. Romeu, Reidner, Evandro and Lúcio. Alex (Maurílio) and Dill (Jacques).
  Coach: Paulo Gonçalves.

  Grêmio:
  Danrlei. Arce, Rivarola, Adílson and Roger. Dinho, Goiano, Émerson (Aílton) and Carlos Miguel (João Antônio). Paulo Nunes (Rodrigo) and Zé Alcino.
  Coach: Luiz Felipe.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Arce (GR - 7 minutes), Émerson (GR - 40 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Paulo Nunes (GR - 22 minutes), Evandro (GO - 48 minutes).
  Yellow Cards: Romeu and Lúcio (GO). Adílson, Goiano, Aílton, Dinho and Rodrigo (Gr).

• A very hard game. The Atlético was very organized (different from Cruzeiro). The players came to the game with combativity. They used a lot of fouls to stop the game. Portuguesa was nervous in the 1st. half but Rodrigo got to escape 2 times from Gutemberg. In the 2nd. half they came back with a great determination. Alex Alves began to play at the 15 minutes. He scored just 7 minutes later. I think Portuguesa got a good advantage but maybe it is not enough to play the 2nd. game.

  Portuguesa:
  Clemer. Valmir, Emerson, Marcelo and Carlos Roberto. Capitão, Gallo, Zé Roberto and Caio (Alex Alves). Tico (Luciano) and Rodrigo.
  Coach: Candinho.

  Atlético-MG:
  Taffarel. Gutemberg, Ademir, Rogério and Paulo Roberto. Doriva, Fábio Augusto, Moacir and Leandro (Clayton). Euller and Renaldo (Alcir).
  Coach: Eduardo Amorim.

  Goals of the 2nd. half: Alex Alves (P - 22 minutes).
  Yellow Cards: Alex Alves and Zé Roberto (P). Alcir (A).
  Red Cards: Paulo Roberto (A).

São Paulo - Palmeiras 1 x 0 Grêmio.

• An advertised story! Palmeiras was torpid in this game. They were not at least an image of that great team in the beginning of the year. Grêmio had good chances to score 4x0 in the 1st. half. Palmeiras didn't have nor power neither 'head' to stop Grêmio. Djalminha had just began his actor career when he tried to achieve the Dinho's expulsion and I became sure that the game was over. Luizão, Rincón, Cafu and Flávio Conceição were unrecognizable. The Elivélton's goal was just a poor result of the promise of the year.

  Palmeiras:
  Velloso. Cafu, Cláudio, Wagner and Júnior. Galeano, Flávio Conceição (Elivélton), Djalminha and Rincón. Leonardo (Fernando Diniz) and Luizão.
  Coach: Wanderley Luxemburgo.

  Grêmio:
  Danrlei. Arce, Rivarola, Adílson and André Silva. Dinho, João Antonio, Émerson (Mauro Galvão) and Carlos Miguel. Zé Afonso (Saulo) and Zé Alcino (Aílton).
  Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari.

  Goals of the 2nd. half: Elivélton (P - 33 minutes).
  Red Cards: Saulo (G).

Belo Horizonte - Atlético MG 3 x 1 Atlético PR.

• A very hard game. The Atl. MG pressed all the game but Atl. PR scored before. Atl. MG came back to the 2nd. half very determined. They got the win before of the 10 minutes. I think Atlético PR is one of the best brazilian teams now (maybe the best). But they have had bad results after the 'war' against the fans of Fluminense. Now Atlético MG can lose the next game by 1x0 but Atlético PR has enough conditions to score 2 goals (maybe more).

  Atlético-MG:
  Taffarel. Fábio Augusto, Ronaldo, Rogério and Paulo Roberto. Doriva, Gutemberg, Moacir and Leandro (Cleiton). Euller and Renaldo.
  Coach: Eduardo Amorim.

  Atlético-PR:
  Ivan. Alberto, Reginaldo, Jorge Luiz and Branco. Alex, Andrei (Jorginho), Luis Carlos and Jean Carlo; Oséas and Paulo Rink. Coach: Evaristo Macedo.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Andrei (PR - 36 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Renaldo (MG - 4 minutes), Leandro (MG - 12 minutes), Renaldo (MG - 28 minutes).
  Yellow cards: Rogério, Renaldo, Ronaldo and Euller (MG). Alberto, Ivan, Reginaldo, Luis Carlos and Jean Carlo (PR).

• Palmeiras and Grêmio are the great rivals of the brazilian football today. They have played several games in the last 2 years. Grêmio has some advantage in their particular fight. Grêmio beated Palmeiras by 5x0 in their 1st. game of the Libertadores Cup last year. I think Rivaldo (he is playing in Spain now) was the great responsible for that defeat. Palmeiras beated Grêmio in the 2nd. game by 5x1 and Grêmio went to Tokyo to play with Ajax.
  Now this game had the same story. A very hard battle where each one didn't want the other team played with ease. Grêmio lost Paulo Nunes but they achieved a very good result and Palmeiras without Cléber has serious problems to the next game.

  Grêmio:
  Danrley. Arce, Rivarola, Adílson and André Silva (Zé Afonso). Dinho, Goiano, Émerson (Aílton) and Carlos Miguel. Paulo Nunes and Zé Alcino (Rodrigo).
  Coach: Luiz Felipe.

  Palmeiras:
  Velloso. Cafu, Cléber, Cláudio e Júnior. Galeano, Leandro, Rincón and Elivélton (Wágner). Djalminha (Rogério) and Luizão.
  Coach: Wanderley Luxemburgo.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Luizão (P - 34 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Émerson (G - 8 minutes), Zé Afonso (G - 21 minutes), and Goiano(G - 34 minutes).
  Yellow cards: Goiano (G). Júnior (P).
  Red cards: Paulo Nunes (G). Leandro and Cléber (P).

Goiânia - Goiás 3 x 1 Guarani.

• Goiás made good use of the game in its own home. Guarani didn't have the 2 principal keepers and their reserve players. The coach Carlos Alberto Silva had to improvise the defense but Guarani didn't support to much. Now Goiás can lose the next game on Saturday by 1x0. I'm thinking about the last game of Goiás in the 1st. phase (they beated Grêmio at the Olímpico stadium - 3x1 !!!). Guarani has to solve a great problem now.

  Goiás:
  Kleber. Índio, Sílvio Criciúma, Richard and Augusto. Túlio, Reidner, Lúcio and Evandro. Alex and Jacques (Dill).
  Coach: Paulo Gonçalves.

  Guarani:
  Hiran. Marcinho, Élson (Goiano), Robinson and Júlio César. Valdeir, Dega, Alexandre Paulista (Alexandre) and Fabinho (Marcelo). Gilson and Aílton.
  Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Alex (GO - 27 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Alex (GO - 6 minutes), Aílton (GU - 28 minutes) and Dill (GO - 40 minutes).
  Yellow cards: Richard and Túlio (GO). Aílton, Alexandre Paulista and Dega (GU).

• Cruzeiro is the better brazilian team today but they have had some bad results in the last days. Cruzeiro lost the 1st. game against Velez Sarsfield by the Super Cup of The Champions in a very raining day. Portuguesa used the same tactics of the argentinian team: a strong pressing in the center and the control of Palhinha by Capitão. Alex Alves was living a very happy day. Now Portuguesa can lose the next game by 2x0 but they have 2 players out by the 3rd. yellow card: Marcelo and Zé Roberto. Tico had an injure in the game. He can be a problem to the coach Candinho. I think Cruzeiro can pass to the next phase without great problems.

  Portuguesa:
  Clemer. Valmir, César, Marcelo (Fabrício) and Carlos Roberto. Capitão, Gallo, Caio (Roque) and Zé Roberto. Rodrigo and Tico (Alex Alves).
  Coach: Candinho.

  Cruzeiro:
  Dida. Vítor, Gilmar, Célio Lúcio and Nonato. Fabinho, Ricardinho (Luis Fernando), Donizete (Aílton) and Cleison. Palhinha and Paulinho.
  Coach: Levir Culpi.

  Goals of the 1st. half: Rodrigo (48 minutes).
  Goals of the 2nd. half: Alex Alves (19 and 23 minutes).
  Yellow cards: Marcelo, Zé Roberto and Capitão (P). Donizete, Nonato, Ricardinho, Vítor and Aílton (C).
  Red cards: Célio Lúcio (C).

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