Santos and Vitória also continue in Series A of the Brasileirão; Sport and Youth close the Z4
The closing weekend of the Brazilian Championship was filled with great emotions. On the bottom side of the table. Sport, Juventude, Fortaleza and Ceará will play Series B in 2026. With champion Flamengo having already decided its life in the last round, and a G4 that could no longer move, all focus was on the desperate ones at the bottom of the table. Santos was the first team to save itself. In the first half he scored two goals against Cruzeiro, with Thaciano, who hadn’t scored since the second round of the Brazilian Championship. The team from Baixada did not fall to Series B with Neymar and won 3-0.
In Rio Grande do Sul, the conversation was different. Internacional would only be saved after 30 minutes of the second half. Scoring the first goal with Mercado after a header, he would still need to score one more goal to make the difference enough to overcome Fortaleza, who drew 2-2 with Botafogo in Rio. Leão, who ended the first half beating Fogão, dismantled in the second half, took the turn and lost 4-2.
Ceará, who played at Castelão against a mixed Palmeiras, also suffered an upset after finishing the first half leading 1-0. With goals from Facundo Torres, Sosa and Flaco Lopez, Abel Ferreira’s melancholic team ended the season with a little joy. Vozão returns to Série B after moving up last year. Vitória also saved themselves by winning 1-0 against São Paulo with a goal in the second half and in front of 35 thousand fans at Barradão.
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