The opening weekend of the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro was not a good one for sides from the state of São Paulo. Of the 6 Paulista teams in the Brasileirão only one side captured 3 points on the opening weekend. Palmeiras defeated Coritiba 2-1 with a late goal from young striking sensation Keirrison in the 88th minute.

The two big Paulista sides suffered 1-0 losses. Corinthians playing without the services of Ronaldo lost in São Paulo to Internacional of Porto Alegre. Ex-Lyon forward Nilmar scored a brilliant individual footwork laden goal in the 8th minute to give the O Colorado the victory.

As for the other big Paulista side, defending champions São Paulo lost in the Maracanã to Fluminense 1-0 as Maurício scored a Golazo in the 3rd minute to sink the Tricolor Paulista. The win marks a great start for Carlos Alberto Parreira as coach of Tricolor Carioca.

The other Paulista sides drew 1-1, Barueri drew on the road against Sport Recife, Santos drew on the road against Grêmio, and Santo André drew at home against Botafogo.

Cruzeiro continued their winning ways with a 2-0 home victory at the Mineirão against Flamengo. Former Dynamo Kiev forward Kléber converted a PK in the 29th minute to help A Raposa to victory. The 3 points sees them atop the early table, earlier in the week Cruzeiro defeated La U de Chile 2-1 on the road in the 1st leg of their Round of 16 Copa Libertadores matchup.

Here are the results & standings from Week 1:

SATURDAY, MAY 9th

Sport 1 - 1 Barueri
SPT: Igor Soares (13')
BAR: Pedrão (48)

Palmeiras 2 - 1 Coritiba
PAL: Willians (69') & Keirrison (88')
COR: Marcelinho Paraíba (pen 32')

Avaí 2 - 2 Atlético MG
AVA: Evando (24') & Muriqui (58')
AMG: Alessandro (70') & Carlos Alberto (77')

SUNDAY, MAY 10th

Corinthians 0 - 1 Internacional
INT: Nilmar (8')

Fluminense 1 - 0 São Paulo
FLU: Maurício (3')

Atlético Paranaense 0 - 2 EC Vitória
VIT: Wallace (15') & Leandro Domingues (88')

Cruzeiro 2 - 0 Flamengo
CRZ: Kléber (pen 29') & Ramires (90')

Grêmio 1 - 1 Santos
GRE: Réver (76)
SAN: Mauricio Molina (85')

Santo André 1 - 1 Botafogo
STA: Nunes (30')
BOT: Victor Simões (84')

Goiás 3 - 3 Náutico
GOI: Felipe (25' & 56'), Júlio César (40')
NAU: Asprilla (7'), Carlinhos Bala (63'), Gilmar (84')

STANDINGS