Confiança and Inter de Limeira win, climb Série C table | OneFootball

Confiança-SE players and coaching staff celebrate the victory over Maranhão in the seventh round of Série CCredits: Disclosure/@confiancaoficial

Confiança-SE and Inter de Limeira-SP earned three points and climbed the standings in the Brazilian Série C. Despite the wins, the teams are in different situations in the table. The Sergipe side is trying to move away from the relegation zone, while the São Paulo club wants to get closer to the top spots.

The Sergipe team beat Maranhão 2-1 at Batistão, in Aracaju, with goals from João Pedro and Ícaro — Vagalume scored for the visitors. With the result, Confiança moved up from 18th to 16th place, with six points. The round was not favorable for the Maranhão side, which dropped from seventh to 12th place and remained on ten points.

Meanwhile, the São Paulo team defeated Botafogo-PB 1-0 at Almeidão, in João Pessoa, and moved into ninth place — previously they were 11th — with 11 points. Miguel Bianconi scored the winning goal. Belo, in turn, fell to 17th place with six points and suffered its fifth straight defeat in Série C.

The next round of the competition will begin on Saturday (23).

Inter de Limeira-SP players celebrate the victory over João Pessoa-PB in the seventh round of Série CCredits: Disclosure/@interdelimeiraoficial

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