Santos defeats Fluminense 2-1

 　　RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Home team Santos beat Fluminense 2-1 from the eighth round of the 2011 Brazilian Championshipon Wednesday. The win is Santos' second-straight as the team looks to recover after a slow start in the competition.

　　Before the match began on Wednesday, the 19-year-old Neymar celebrated¹ the birth of his son, Davi Lucca, alongside teammate and godfather of his son, Paulo Henrique Ganso.

　　Santos took an early lead in the 13th minute when Elano's free kick found a cutting Borges who headed the ball past keeper Diego Cavalieri and into the right side of the Fluminense goal. Borges' goal marks his 11th of the competition, replacing Flamengo's Ronaldinho Gaucho² as the league' s leading scorer.

　　Fluminense responded in the 38th minute when Rafael Moura slammed in a header, leaping in the air to reach a crossed ball from Marquinho and tying the match.

　　However, Borges added to his collection of goals, scoring his 12th in the 41st minute when he gained control of an excellent pass from Arouca at the top of the penalty box and proceeded to angle the ball across the goal and into the left side of the Fluminense net.

　　The win improves Santos to fourteenth place with 21 points. The team still has two more make-up games to play before catching³ up to the rest of the teams. Fluminense remains⁴ stationed in ninth place with 25 points.

　　Santos will face its cross-town rival Sao Paulo on August 28 while on the same day Fluminense will confront its inner-city rival Botafogo.

1 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

2 gaucho   

n. 牧人

参考例句：

• Outside the city there are many countryside ranches for city dwellers to live the gaucho life,or just enjoy country life in the pampas,the grasslands outside buenos aires.城外有许多农庄，可以供城市居民前往居住和体验牛仔生活，或者只是去享受一下草原上的农家生活。
• There are many working estancias where tourists can live out the gaucho lifestyl

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。