result, record and goals of the Brasileirão

The Brazilian Championship officially has a new leader at the end of this 34th round. With a goal from Thiago Borbas in the 50th minute of the second half, Red Bull Bragantino snatched a 2-2 draw with Botafogo at the Nabi Abi Chedid stadium, in Bragança Paulista, this Sunday, and ensured Palmeiras’ isolated lead in the competition. Even with the result, the two teams are still in the fight for the title.

This bitter draw, with a goal in stoppage time in the final stage, keeps Botafogo without winning in the competition for six games, with four defeats and two draws. The club has 60 points, now behind Palmeiras, who beat Internacional 3-0 on Saturday and reached 62. Bragantino remains in the fight, with 59, taking advantage of Grêmio’s defeat, also with 59, to Corinthians , in Porto Alegre.

In the fight for leadership, three clubs have one game less: Botafogo, Bragantino and Flamengo, which appears in fifth place with 57 points.

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In an interview on the pitch, before the ball rolled in Bragança Paulista, Lúcio Flávio confirmed the hiring of Thiago Nunes, Botafogo’s new coach for the final stretch of the Brazilian Championship. The coach, who was at Sporting Cristal in Bolivia, will have just over 10 days to get to know and work with the squad, with an eye on the title.

This is because the Brazilian Championship will be suspended for two weeks to compete in the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Bragantino is preparing to face Flamengo at Maracanã on November 23rd, at 9:30 pm, in a delayed game of the 30th round. Botafogo travels to Ceará to face Fortaleza at Castelão on the same day, but at 7 pm, for the 29th round.

At a fast pace at the beginning of the match, even with the strong heat in the interior of São Paulo, Bragantino opened the scoring after just two minutes of the ball rolling. Vitinho received it on the left, easily passed Di Plácido’s marking and hit the cross, with power. Lucas Perri still touched the ball, but it exploded off the post, off the goalkeeper’s back and returned to the feet of Thiago Borbas, who only pushed it into the back of the net.

Botafogo’s difficult situation got even worse in the 17th minute. Tiquinho Soares received it freely in the middle and risked the shot, but it was blocked by Léo Ortiz. During the play, the attacker left with a lot of pain in his left ankle and was unable to remain on the field. The top scorer and number 9 was replaced by Diego Costa in the first half.

The experienced striker started very well and managed to change Botafogo’s offensive dynamics, holding some balls and finding space falling down the wings. He had two clear opportunities in just a few minutes on the field: the first time he was offside, but he hit Cleiton’s crossbar. In the second, he controlled the ball on his chest and hit it first time, but Andrés Hurtado deflected it away.

Needing the result, the Rio de Janeiro team completely changed their stance after the technical stop for hydration. In the first offensive move, in the 34th minute, Tchê Tchê found a beautiful pass for Vitor Sá on the left wing and the attacker did what he does best: he started to dribble individually, carried it inside and hit the goalkeeper’s corner hard to leave everything equal. in Bragança Paulista.

With a different stance on the field, Botafogo turned the game around in the next move, in the 36th minute of the first half, and again with the participation of Vitor Sá. The number 7 received the ball again on the left wing, but this time he risked the cross for Diego Costa. Juninho Capixaba tried to clear it, but left the ball at the feet of Eduardo, who hit it hard, from the angle, to turn the score around.

If the technical stoppage in the initial stage did a lot of good for Botafogo, the break helped Bragantino to organize itself and change its stance for the second half. In less than 10 minutes, Pedro Caixinha’s team had already created at least three opportunities to seek a draw, but were unable to get past goalkeeper Lucas Perri.

Under pressure, Botafogo still lost the starting midfield duo: Eduardo and Tchê Tchê, both with physical problems on the field. Diego Hernández and Gabriel Pires entered, along with Danilo Barbosa replacing Júnior Santos. The changes changed the playing style of the Rio club, which began to play with more possession of the ball.

The response from the Rio de Janeiro black-and-white team only came in the 19th minute. Victor Sá made a new individual play on the left and crossed low to the second stick. Diego Hernández hit hard and Cleiton made an excellent save. On the rebound, Gabriel Pires hit first time, but the marker managed to deflect halfway to the baseline.

Needing a reaction, Caixinha changed Bragantino’s formation and removed defender Realpe to form the midfield with Matheus Fernandes. The change, despite being bold, gave the expected result after 50 minutes. The midfielder released Sorriso on the right wing and the striker, who started very well in the second half, crossed into the area. Thiago Borbas beat Victor Cuesta and tested to confirm the draw.

DATASHEET:

RED BULL BRAGANTINO 2 X 2 BOTAFOGO

RED BULL BRAGANTINO – Cleiton; Andrés Hurtado (Luan Cândido), Realpe (Matheus Fernandes), Léo Ortiz and Juninho Capixaba (Alerrandro); Jadsom Silva, Lucas Evangelista, Eduardo Sasha (Bruninho) and Vitinho (Sorriso); Henry Mosquera and Thiago Borbas. Coach: Pedro Caixinha.

BOTAFOGO – Lucas Perri; Di Placido, Adryelson, Victor Cuesta and Marçal; Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê (Diego Hernández) and Eduardo (Gabriel Pires); Júnior Santos (Danilo Barbosa), Tiquinho Soares (Diego Costa) and Victor Sá (Hugo). Coach: Lúcio Flávio.

GOALS – Thiago Borbas, at 2, Victor Sá, at 34, and Eduardo, at 36 minutes of the first half. Thiago Borbas, 50 minutes into the second half.

YELLOW CARDS – Realpe and Matheus Fernandes (Red Bull Bragantino); Diego Hernández (Botafogo).

REFEREE – Anderson Daronco (RS/Fifa).

INCOME AND PUBLIC – Not disclosed.

LOCATION – Nabi Abi Chedid Stadium, in Bragança Paulista (SP).