Ffs, honestly I’m still bitter over 4 matches
Conceding near the end against Bragantino - 3x3
The defensive issues against Corinthians and the neglected clear penalty near the end - 4x4
Two 1x2 losses after scoring the first goal against Santos and Atlético PR
Well, there’s a reason we’re the fourth worst defense…
My idolo Ramon Diaz pulling the impossible with Vasco, his magia Cuyana is insanely strong.
Tbf Vasco squad improved drastically on the midseason window and they were definitely underperforming before. But Díaz is doing very well!
I see their score since Payet arrived is 6-3-3 so sort of a great escape, but looking at the stats he hasn’t been too impactful
Vegetti was their most impactful signing of the season, their season completely turned around when they got a number 9 capable of scoring.
If Botafogo bottle this, I will understand if some fans never watch football again.
Our biggest lead when nobody had a game in hand was 8 points and we were still extremely disappointed. I can’t imagine how botafogo fans will recover if they really do fumble it.
And at the halfway point there were pundits saying the league was wrapped up already…
5 rounds to go and the first and 4th placed teams meet this weekend, before the final stretch after the return from the international break.
Bragantino’s match in hand is against Flamengo, and Botafogo’s is against Fortaleza if I’m not mistaken. Fortaleza are no pushover, despite being all the way down in 11th, they can climb up to 8th with their matches in hand.
The fight for the top 4 Libertadores spots is going to be mad, and none of those top 4 or even 6 teams are guaranteed to hold on to that coveted spot while also believing they can win the whole thing.
This title race and relegation battle is INSANE.
Bragantino have Botafogo and Flamengo back to back, two crazy games.
How do people feel about RB Bragantino in Brazil? Do they hate them like Leipzig in Germany or not really care?
Most people feels indifference mostly because Bragantino is from a City with 170k people and has a very small amount of fans, some people call them an “artificial team”, but the only thing they really changed was the team’s logo and added “red bull” in front of the name, apart from that it’s the same team, in the same city and stadium and the same fans… they just just a decent management now.
Yes, the difference between Leipzig and Bragantino is that Bragantino had some history in Brazilian football before Red Bull.
Bragantino had already won 1 Série B title in 1989, 1 Campeonato Paulista title in 1990 and was runner-up in the Brasileirão in 1991.
This reduces the feeling of an artificial team.
Fun fact to foreigners: Red Bull tried to create a team from scratch in Brazil called Red Bull Brasil. It didn’t make it out of the bottom divisions hahaha. Brazilian football is ruthless.
Red Bull Brasil is weird because they had some good campaigns in the Paulistão, which is a pretty difficult tournament, but they were trash in National Divisions. Also, it still exists, but it’s called Red Bull Bragantino II now.
Most competetive league in the world and it’s not even debatable
I saw Botafogo vs Fluminese live a few weeks ago and WOW Bota dominated and were on a different level, how they are bottling this is crazy
Damn, 1 point in last 5 matches for Botafogo. And Gremio somehow 2nd place with 49 goals conceded.
Brazil league is wild.
Botafogo gave up a 16 point lead, a streak of like 18 matches unbeaten across all competitions (and I think another streak as locals) and lost 3 key matches back to back (one in a clásico against Vasco). It’s actually maddening how badly they’re fucking up this season
The funny thing is that they are just not simply “losing”. They are losing in the most unbelievable way.
They lost a game where they had a 3-0 lead last week. And yesterday they lost a game they were leading by 3-1… I simply cant believe this choke!!!
Vasco. Almost in the relegation zone? What happened?
Have you not been following Brazilian football in the past 20 years?
This is my first year following this league and my god do I enjoy the chaos from top to bottom. Come on vascoooo
So many teams who can win the title, the ending’s gonna be crazy
Worth noting that number 8 (fluminense) was libertadores winner, number 11 (fortaleza) sulamericana finalist and number 14 (inter) was almost libertadores finalist being send out by fluminense in the last minutes of the semi finals. Grêmio was in serie B last year but with the power of Suarez and futevôlei are managing to fight for the title. The last time botafogo won the league was in 95, and they were 13 points clear mid season. This league is truly amazing
What you guys can’t see is how the worst Santos in history, with the power of friendship and Pelé’s ghost, is escaping relegation after the most generic relegation run I’ve ever seen. The team:
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Had 4 couches this championship, being Paulo Turra, Odair Hellman, Diego Aguirre and our lord and savior, Marcelo “Presuntinho” Fernandes;
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Had some of the most abysmal losses I’ve ever seen, like a 7x1 against Internacional and a 3x0 against relegation team Cruzeiro played at home;
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Team was punished with a few matches without public after throwing fireworks in the pitch against Corinthians.
What else did we survive through this chaotic season? Then, Pelé’s ghost gave us a win against winner contender Grêmio, we hired a random argentinian who was playing in México and turned out to be a god, and the interim coach turned out to be a magician who can harness the power of frindship to make us win games from behind, while visiting much stronger teams (we won from behind against Palmeiras, Flamengo and Bahia away). I love this fucking club.
You still have a really difficult last run of games. I wouldn’t count you out of the race yet.
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