Botafogo beats Bragantino and reaches the ‘unreachable’ mark in the Brasileirão

O Botafogo gives indications that it will take the title of the Brazilian this season. During the night of last Saturday, the 15th, at the Nilton Santos stadium, Glorioso was not aware of the Red Bull Bragantino and won by 2 to 0. In addition to the positive result and the irreparable campaign of the team from Rio de Janeiro, what drew the most attention were the marks that the alvinegro reached in the 15th round of the Brazilian Championship.

With the goals from Carlos Eduardo and Di Plácido, Botafogo reached 39 points and opened a 13 lead over Flamengo, who is in second place and will still enter the field in this round. The Glorioso brand had never been reached until the era of running stitches. Corinthians had 35 points until the 14th round of the 2017 Brasileirão, but Fogão left São Paulo behind and made history.

But there is another milestone that Botafogo reached and that caught everyone’s attention. The team reached 705 minutes without conceding goals in the 2023 season. The last time Glorioso conceded goals and, coincidentally, was defeated, happened on June 3, 2023, when they lost to Athletico-PR. This was the last match in which the cariocas were beaten in this edition of the Brazilian Championship.

Apart from all these positive marks, Botafogo has the top scorer of the season in the Brasileirão. Tiquinho Soares is the owner of the position in this edition of the championship and already has 10 goals scored. Against Bragantino, he didn’t score, but he has three goals ahead of Eduardo Sasha, who is currently the first striker behind the athlete in the dispute for the championship’s golden boot.

In other words, Botafogo is going through an enlightened phase in the Brasileirão and is taking big steps to win the national title. The team leads practically all the statistics of the competition and has the best defense and the second best attack. In addition, the team has an 86% advantage in the championship and it seems that it will not leave the first position of the championship.