After an equalizing goal in the 90th minute, Palmeiras secures a last-second victory over Botafogo-SP and takes the advantage to return to the Copa do Brasil
On the night of this Thursday, the 2nd, the Palm trees received the Botafogo-SPin a match valid for the first round of the Brazil’s Cup 2024. After intense and exciting 90 minutes of the ball rolling on the Allianz Parquein the city of São Paulo, Verdão won 2-1.
In the first minutes, both teams showed that it would not be easy for their opponents. However, the first 45 minutes of the match ended goalless, even with many chances created by both teams. In the second stage, Ron opened the scoring for Verdão in the 57th minute. Interestingly, the last time the player scored was exactly against Botafogo-SP, for Paulista championship, in March. But, in the 90th minute, Patrick left everything the same. And at 97, miraculously, Stephen left alviverde ahead again.
In this way, Verdão guarantees the advantage in the second round of the 2024 Copa do Brasil, and can even draw to guarantee classification. The second game between the two teams will only take place on May 23rd, at Santa Cruz Stadium, in the city of Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. Palmeiras’ next clash will be against Cuiabáthis Sunday, 5th, at Brazilian Championship Series A. Botafogo enters the field again against Mirassolon Tuesday, 7, at Brazilian Championship Series B.
Source: sportbuzz
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