Botafogo is trying to achieve an unprecedented achievement to become champion of Brazil com.botafogo

Hey Botafogo The team is still alive in contention for the Brazilian Championship title even after a terrible run of nine matches without achieving a win. The next opportunity to break the bad phase and continue the dream is against Cruzeiro, on Sunday, at 6:30 pm, at the Nilton Santos Stadium.

If you win the cup on December 6, you will have achieved an unprecedented points achievement: No team has ever trailed by three points with two rounds to go.

Only three times has the champion team not been leading after the third-to-last round since the Brazilian league began playing using the straight points format, in 2004, 2009 and 2020.

In the first match, Santos was two points behind Atlético-PR (83 vs. 85 respectively) after matchday 44. Peixe won against São Caetano and Vasco, while Paraná lost to Vasco and tied with Botafogo.

The other two times ended with the same champion, Flamengo. The difference between the Red and Black at the end of the 36th round in both years was one point, and in both years they led after the penultimate round.

Therefore, if Glorioso win the cup next Wednesday, they will be the first team to overcome a three-point deficit and also the only team to top the final.

To do that, they need to beat Cruzeiro and Internacional, on Wednesday, 9:30 p.m., in Beira Rio, and hope that Palmeiras does not win the two matches they have.

Verdão will face Fluminense, on Sunday at 4 p.m., at Allianz Parque, and Cruzeiro, on Wednesday, at Mineirão. If they add three points, they will force Botafogo to come back from a seven-goal deficit to become champions.

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