Suárez scores three goals and Grêmio beats Botafogo – 11/09/2023 – Sport

It happened with Botafogo again. This time, against Grêmio, this Thursday (9). After opening up a 3-1 lead on the scoreboard, the Rio team suffered a blackout, suffered a comeback, lost 4-3 — with three goals scored by Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez — and saw the fight for the Brazilian Championship title become even more tangled. .

Now, three teams are tied at the top of the table with 59 points: Botafogo, Grêmio and Palmeiras. The lone star team, however, has one game less than its rivals, who have played 33 games.

However, the moment is very unfavorable for the team that spent much of the competition leading with a wide advantage over their rivals.

It was the fourth consecutive defeat for the Botafogo team. Previously, they had lost to Cuiabá, Vasco and Palmeiras, the latter being responsible for another 4-3 defeat, in a match in which Botafogo had built a 3-0 lead.

In addition to the São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul team, Red Bull Bragantino (58), Flamengo (56) and even Atlético Mineiro (54) started to hope to win the title with the black and white team’s stumbles.

Next Sunday (12), Botafogo will have a direct confrontation with Bragantino, in Bragança Paulista, a match in which the home team will even have the chance to jump into first place. It would be the first time that the Rio team left the top of the table since April 30th.

New runner-up in the competition, Grêmio will face Corinthians, also on Sunday, at home. On Saturday (11), Palmeiras will go to Porto Alegre to face Internacional. In this round, also playing away from home, the Alviverde team lost to Flamengo, 3-0.

To stay at the top of the table, in addition to Suárez’s three goals, the Rio Grande do Sul tricolor had a goal from Everton. On the Botafogo side, Diego Costa, Júnior Santos and Marlon scored in São Januário, where the lone star team took the lead, as Nilton Santos was rented for a show by the band RBD.