Timão bend Santos in the final of this maiden edition of the National Club championship, with Cruzeiro as third
Corinthians are the proud winners of this first edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes. The Timão beat city rivals Santos to clinch the cup in the competition, prevailing over other eleven top-notch clubs on the sand of an amusingly packed Arena de Guarapiranga. In the match for the third position, Cruzeiro beat Botafogo, thus gaining a really remarkable result in the tournament.
With seven Brazil internationals, together with players such as Alan or Faberoff, on the pitch, the stakes were higher than anyone could even imagine. Expectedly, the game was absolutely balanced, and it was not until the second period that Corinthians could get ahead, with brilliant André hitting first. Fernando DDi, little afterwards swept his side a bit further ahead with the 2-1.
Bruno Malias could cut the distance a bit with the 2-1 at the beginning of the last period, only to find last FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup’s top scorer, André, hit again for the 3-1. Just a little onwards, the tournament’s best player, Anderson, wanted to have his say too, making things 4-1 and securing the Cup in Timão’s hands and delighting the thousands of Corinthiano fans on the stands.
Final standings
Champions: Cortinthians
Runner-ups: Santos
Third place: Cruzeiro
Individual awards:
MVP: Anderson (Corinthians)
Top Scorer: Alan (Santos)
Best Goalkeeper: Mão (Corinthians)
Fair play Award: Sport Recife
Results and match schedule
Wednesday, March 21st
10h – Atlético Paranaense 8-7 Palmeiras
11.15h – Portuguesa 0-4 Botafogo
12.30h – Cruzeiro 7-3 Sao Paulo
13.45h – AS Arapiraquense 5-8 Santos
15h – Flamengo 0(1)-0(0) Vasco da Gama
16.15h – Sport Recife 4-9 Corinthians
Thursday, March 22nd
10h – Botafogo 7-3 Sport Recife
11.15h – Sao Paulo 6-5 Flamengo
12.30h – Santos 6-4 Atlético Paranaense
13.45h – Palmeiras 3-5 AS Arapiraquense
15h – Vasco da Gama 4-2 Cruzeiro
16.15h – Corinthians 7-3 Portuguesa
Friday, March 23rd
10h – Cruzeiro 7-5 Flamengo
11.15h – As Arapiraquense 6/1-6/2 Atletico Paranaense
12.30h – Vasco da Gama 4-5 Sao Paulo
13.45h – Corinthians 0-1 (et) Botafogo
15h – Portuguesa 0/0-0/1 Sport Recife
16.15h – Santos 6-2 Palmeiras
Saturday, March 24th
SEMIFINALS
11.30h – Santos 8-3 Botafogo
12.45h – Cruzeiro 3-6 Corinthians
Sunday, March 25th
FINALS
11h – Cruzeiro 7-5 Botafogo
12.30h – Corinthians 4-1 Santos
