Coritiba beat Bahia before Flamengo, updated Brasileirão round-17 table | OneFootball

Coritiba fell behind, but came back to beat Bahia with three second-half goals

The Brasileirão remains red-hot, and the 17th round of the competition wrapped up this Monday (25). Coritiba beat Bahia 3-2 at Couto Pereira Stadium. As a result, the standings remain tight, and Flamengo sit in second place.

Even away from home, Bahia managed to impose themselves on the match and went on the attack against Coritiba. As a result, the team coached by Rogério Ceni, former Flamengo manager, opened the scoring through an own goal by Tiago Cóser in the 26th minute of the first half.

After the break, Coritiba came out flying and managed to turn the game around. In the 11th minute of the second half, Bruno Melo equalized, while Joaquín Lavega made it 2-1 in the 20th minute. Shortly after, Breno Lopes made it 3-1 in the 23rd minute. Finally, the team from Bahia pulled one back late on through Everaldo.

HOW DO THE BRASILEIRÃO STANDINGS LOOK?

Competition table provided by Superscore

HOW DID THE MATCHES GO?

Last Saturday (23), five matches opened the 17th round of the Brasileirão. Vitória defeated Internacional 2-0 in Salvador. São Paulo and Botafogo drew 1-1 at Morumbi, while Mirassol edged Fluminense by the minimum score in the countryside of São Paulo.

Soon after, Grêmio beat Santos 3-2 in an eventful match in Porto Alegre. Finally, Flamengo lost 3-0 to Palmeiras at the Maracanã in a clash between two of the Brasileirão’s top teams.

On Sunday (24), four matches were played. Remo hosted Athletico-PR and lost 2-1, the same score as Cruzeiro’s win over Chapecoense in Belo Horizonte. Corinthians beat Atlético-MG 1-0 in São Paulo, while Red Bull Bragantino thrashed Vasco 3-0 in Rio de Janeiro.

WHEN DO FLAMENGO PLAY?

With that, Flamengo now put the Brasileirão on hold and turn their focus back to the Copa Libertadores. The Rubro-Negro side face Cusco (PER) this Tuesday (26) at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time at the Maracanã in the sixth round of the group stage. As usual, Coluna do Fla will bring all the information on the match.

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