With Glorioso’s overwhelming first half, Endrick shines in the second half, Palmeiras manages to win in stoppage time at Nilton Santos and keeps his dream of stealing the title from Botafogo alive
On an epic night, Palmeiras beat Botafogo 4-3, in an upset, in the 31st round of the Brazilian championship. After an intense 90 minutes of the ball rolling in the Nilton Santos Stadiumthe home team commanded the match in the first half, with a three-goal lead, but conceded the miraculous comeback by Alviverde in the second half.
The black and white team opened a good lead with goals from Edward, Tche Tche It is Junior Santos, still in the first stage. At the beginning of the second half, Endrick decreased, and Verdão took off after the expulsion of Adryelson, at 21 minutes. The number 9 himself, in addition to Flaco López and Murilo, completed the team’s turnaround. Abel Ferreira.
With the result, Palmeiras reached 56 points and closed the gap to Botafogo, leader of the Brasileirão. Now, the distance between first and second on the leaderboard is just three points. The black and white team, however, has one game less.
The game
In the first minutes, the home team showed that they really want the championship title. With 20 minutes of play, Victor Sá opened the scoring. Already at 29 minutes, Tche Tche applies the ‘ex law’ and expands it. At 36 minutes, Junior Santos left Verdão’s loss even greater. In the second stage, at 4 minutes, Endrick decreased for Palmeiras. And the boy scored his second at 39. At 44 minutes, Flaco López tied the match and already in stoppage time, at 49, Murilo turned the match around.
Thus, with the result of the match, Glorioso remains in the lead of the championship, but the advantage drops to three points for second place, Verdão. Botafogo’s next commitment will be against Vascoon Monday, 6, while Palmeiras faces the Athletico Paranaenseon Saturday, 4.
EXCESS BAGGAGE? 🧳
HEAVY victory in Rio de Janeiro and three more points in the bag! FORWARD! ✅🐷
🏆 Botafogo 3×4 Palmeiras
⚽ Endrick (2), López and Murilo#AvantiPalestra#BOTxPAL#JuntosNoBrasileirãopic.twitter.com/EbxweSQsZG— SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) November 2, 2023
Source: sportbuzz
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