What did Botafogo do if he is not world champion in the old version? You will be right to observe that Botafogo and Paris Saint-Germain was not a victory of the champion of America against the European winner, as in the former Intercontinental Cup.
For this, the Botafoguenses would have to win Real Madrid, winner of the 2024 Champions League, as Botafogo did in America in the same season.
True. But what was the Club World Cup in the past if not the meeting between the last South American winner against the current European sovereign?
If the City Light has the European Champion and the Wonderful City of America, the old version of the World Cup has returned for a wonderfully lit night.
Botafoguense Hélio de la Peña celebrated his 66th birthday in the stands of Rose Bowl and soon exploded the fury of the decades of anguish alvinegra:
“I want to see now say everything they said.” He calmed down to read that Botafogo was world champion in the intercontinental cup model: “I really wanted to read this. Thanks for sending.”
Botafoguense is first of all a strong. He spent 13 years without titles between 1935 and 1948, nine to 1957, when Paulo Mendes Campos wrote the chronicle “O Botafogo and I”, with the famous phrase “There are things that only happen to Botafogo and me.” The text was published the day after the defeat to Fluminense.
A shift later, a 6-2 rout over the same Flu gave the carioca title.
We are no longer talking about Rio. It’s about the world. There are good things that happen to Botafogo, such as winning Libertadores playing ninety minutes with a man less or breaking the 13 -year -old taboo without a Brazil club to beat another European.
Igor Jesus’s goal and the joy of Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro also caused Frisson in Europe: “The fall of a pedestal,” wrote the L’E team.
A day before the draw of the Club World Cup groups, European Champion Coach Luis Enrique asked the reporter Clara Albuquerque, a Brazilian correspondent in Paris: “What is the best Brazilian team?” Upon hearing the answer containing Botafogo’s name, he said, “Because it is Botafogo that we will take, don’t worry. PSG and Botafogo is right!”
There are things that only happen to Paris Saint-Germain.
Botafogo’s victory makes thinking about the current order of football in the world. It doesn’t seem to have changed so much in the last five days. Europe remains superior because it can hire the best players on the planet, without limit.
The 11 PSG holders play in their national teams and Botafogo only climbed three convens from Brazil and Savarino, from Venezuela.
Botafogo won defending more than attacking, 24% in possession and eight submissions, against 17 of the Parisians. There is no European without strategy, unlike the time of Santos, Pelé, Flamengo, Zico, Sao Paulo, Telê.
It is still more likely to see Paris Saint-Germain in the semifinals than Botafogo, Palmeiras, Flamengo or Fluminense.
But the first week of World Cup ended with Europeans, Asians and Africans with defeats in the curriculum.
South Americans, none, even Botafogo and PSG.
