2023-11-24 02:01:02
Botafogo had everything to regain the lead in the Brasileirão at Fortaleza’s home, but they had some creative problems in most of the game and the best they managed was a 2-2 draw, which leaves Abel Ferreira’s Palmeiras still in the lead. leadership of the Brazilian championship.
The accounts of the Brasileirão, the main Brazilian division, are beginning to tighten and, this Thursday night, Botafogo – where Portuguese coaches Bruno Lage and Luís Castro have already spent this season – had the opportunity to return to the lead, in the readjustment game calendar, against the comfortable Fortaleza, which had Portuguese Tobias Figueiredo starting on the bench.
The game didn’t start well for Fogão, who after eight minutes were already losing at Castelão, thanks to a goal from Yago Pikachu, but the truth is that the response didn’t take long, as at 20′ the draw arrived, in a ridiculous way. . A cross from the left found Tiquinho Soares at the second post to be blocked, but the one who appeared was defender Emanuel Brítez, who, when trying to cut for a corner, headed a “fishy” header into his own goal and made it 1-1.
The game didn’t change. Botafogo clearly had more of the ball – partly with the opponent’s “permission” – while Fortaleza played in transition, but that didn’t stop the home team from being the most dangerous and far-sighted team with the ball in attack. The scares in the Fogão goal were accumulating and Lucas Perri was holding on, but he was unable to do anything in the 41st minute, when Calebe crossed from the right and Guilherme appeared completely free of marking at the second post, making it 2-1.
At the start of the 2nd half, Botafogo’s offensive predictability continued and Fortaleza was grateful. Only at game time, with the entry of Diego Costa, Gabriel Pires and Luis Henrique, Botafogo achieved a different dynamism with the ball and grew with Diego Costa acting as an offensive pivot. However, this increasingly greater offensive balance also gave more space behind the defense. Fortaleza was attentive.
As the minutes passed, Fortaleza retreated more and more and Botafogo grew, until, in the 78th minute, former SC Braga and Benfica player Danilo Barbosa responded in the best way to the corner taken on the right and, with a header, equalized the score. departure again. Until the end, playing more with the heart than with the head, and in a much more divided game, Botafogo returned a little to its initial record. In added time, Fortaleza still came close to freezing Fogão, but the 2-2 score persisted until the end and Botafogo was thus unable to steal the championship lead from Abel Ferreira’s Palmeiras.
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