1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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The <entity_0> was the 40th edition of the <entity_1>, was played between <entity_3> and <entity_2>. After 23 rounds, top eight clubs qualified to next stage, and the bottom two were supposed to be relegated, but <entity_5> decided to keep Fluminense and Bragantino in <entity_1> after the season was over due to the leak of transcripts of recorded telephone conversations broadcast in the most popular Brazilian TV suggested that, during the <entity_4> season, Atlético-PR and Corinthians general managers Mario Celso Petraglia and Alberto Dualib had conversations with the head of officials of Brazilian football to influence referee appointments.
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