Botafogo beats Palmeiras, and shoots at the top of the Brasileirão

O Botafogo visited the palm trees this Sunday, the 25th, for the Brasileirão, and won the current national champion. the goal of Tiquinho Soares was the only one of the game to confirm the 1 to 0, despite Raphael Veiga having had the chance of a tie in the final minutes, and wasted a penalty, kicking it out.

The first half was exactly as expected, with Palmeiras having control of possession, creating opportunities and bumping into aim and goals. lucas perri. On the other side, Botafogo was still posted to take advantage of a possible counterattack or a dead ball to open the scoring.

And that was exactly what happened, since at the 27th minute Tiquinho Soares took advantage of the ball that was barely clear of the Palmeiras defense, cut to the left, and hit the corner of weverton to make the first of the game. After that, the panorama of the match did not change, and Verdão even reached a tie, but the goal was canceled by VAR, to confirm the 1-0 until the break.

The second stage was not very different from the rest of the game, as Fogão remained confident in its defensive sector, which is the best in the competition, and the home team fought to create opportunities to draw. Even so, the best chance was for the visitors in a fulminating counterattack, which victor sa ended up kicking out.

In the final minutes, Palmeiras’ insistence came as close as possible to giving a result, but it still didn’t happen. di placido pushed flaco lopez in the area and the referee scored a penalty, beaten by Raphael Veiga, who kicked it out, and achieved another Palmeiras defeat, the second consecutive.