Men's U17 Brasileiro: Fortaleza beat São Paulo 3-1, go fifth

The 14th round of the Brazilian U-17 Men's Championship took place on Tuesday, with Fortaleza emerging victorious over São Paulo in a match that saw the northeastern team climb to fifth place in the standings. Fortaleza secured their win with goals from Everson Maciel, Lucca, and Cézar, while São Paulo managed to reduce the deficit to one goal through Lysander, currently sitting in 10th place.

In another match, Santos staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Botafogo 4-2 at CT Rei Pelé, with Lucas Embabuel opening the scoring for the visitors early in the game. Santos, now in 9th place with 20 points, and Botafogo, in 12th place with 19 points, both had another match to play this week. The round continued with Flamengo's narrow 1-0 win over Cruzeiro at Arena Jacaré in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, with Davi Carrijo scoring the only goal.

Cruzeiro occupied the 6th spot with 25 points, while Palmeiras leads the competition with 31 points after 13 matches, followed by Fluminense, Athletico-PR, and Corinthians. The round concluded with six more matches scheduled, including Juventude x Fluminense, Bahia x Atlético-MG, Red Bull Bragantino x Vitória, Athletico-PR x Corinthians, Atlético-GO x Vasco, and Palmeiras x América-MG.