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Edmundo, Vasco down Corinthians
Posted: Thursday September 23, 1999 08:30 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -- Brazilian Edmundo produced his best performance since rejoining Vasco da Gama from Italy's Fiorentina, scoring twice and setting up two more goals in a 4-2 win over Brazilian championship leaders Corinthians. Edmundo's goals came in a three minute spell in the second half of Wednesday's game almost immediately after Corinthians had come from two goals behind to level the scores at 2-2. Earlier, he had set up goals for Paulo Miranda and Donizete as Vasco raced into a 2-0 lead. Vasco, who have had five players sent off in their last two matches, managed to complete the game with 11 players on the pitch but still had coach Antonio Lopes shown the red card for dissent. Former detective Lopes was escorted from the field by police after initially refusing to go. Vasco's last game on Sunday was suspended three minutes from the end when club director Eurico Miranda invaded the pitch with security men and radio reporters to threaten the match referee. Colombian striker Faustino Asprilla was once again kept on the sidelines as South American champions Palmeiras beat Parana 1-0 away. Asprilla has barely played since joining the club from Italy's Parma and has been reprimanded by coach Luis Felipe Scolari for not pulling his weight in training. Corinthians still lead the championship, in which the top eight teams qualify for the quarterfinals. Vasco and Palmeiras are also in the top eight.
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