In one of the most important games of this Brazilian Championship, Botafogo opened the scoring against Palmeiras at Allianz Parque this Tuesday (26/11).
The goal came in the 18th minute of the first half, with Gregore being the scorer, following a corner kick. However, the move that led to the play caused controversy.
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Was Botafogo’s goal valid?
In the move that led to the corner, Marcos Rocha and Gregore came up to compete. The ball went out and a corner was awarded to Botafogo. The ball hit Gregore’s headbut referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio gave a corner.
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Alex Telles short and Almada played the ball to Gregore. Free in the area, the midfielder took advantage of the distraction of the Palmeiras defense, and scored the net, with no chance of defense for Weverton.
Palmeiras coach, Abel Ferreira, complained a lot about the corner kick.
See fans’ opinions on social media:
Simply Botafogo’s goal coming because the referee made a mistake in the move which was not a corner but a foul or a goal kick LOL
— bru (@pistolbru)
They invented a corner on Botafogo’s goal.
Anyway… it looks like there won’t be any crying Textor today— ⓟ AMANDA iSEPan 26x 🏆 (@amanda_isepan)
They invented a corner on Botafogo’s goal.
Anyway… it looks like there won’t be any crying Textor today— ⓟ AMANDA iSEPan 26x 🏆 (@amanda_isepan)
