BOTAFOGO BEATS PALMEIRAS, ISOLATES ITSELF IN THE LEADERSHIP AND CALLS FLAMENGO ALERTA; SEE THE UPDATED BRASILEIRÃO TABLE

Last Wednesday night (17), Botafogo and Palmeiras faced each other in the 17th round of the Brasileirão, with General Severiano's team winning. In addition to the teams, three other games were played. The result at Nilton Santos directly affected Flamengo, who now need three points to avoid moving away from the lead.CHECK THE UPDATED TABLE:

1st Botafogo – 36 points

2nd Palmeiras – 33

3rd Flamengo – 31

4th São Paulo – 30

5th Bahia – 30

6th Cruzeiro – 29< /p>

7th Fortaleza – 29

8th Athletico-PR – 25

9th Vasco – 23

10th Red Bull Bragantino – 22

11th Atlético-MG – 22

12th Youth – 20

13th International – 19

14th Criciúma – 17

15th Cuiabá – 17

16th Vitória – 15

17th Corinthians – 15

18th Grêmio – 11

19th Atlético-GO – 11

20º Fluminense – 8

At the beginning of the night, Vasco visited Atlético-GO and beat the team from Goiás by 1-0. Also with the same score, São Paulo beat Grêmio in Morumbis. Thus, the São Paulo team reached 30 points and got closer to Mais Querido in the leaderboard.

Closing the night, Botafogo and Palmeiras faced each other at Nilton Santos. The Rio team beat the São Paulo team by a score of 1-0 and placed themselves at the top of the Brasileirão, with 36 points. Fortaleza also hosted Vitória at Castelão and scored 3-1.

FLAMENGO SITUATION

So, with Botafogo's victory, Mais Querido needs to beat Criciúma next Saturday ( 20) to continue on the glue. The confrontation against the Santa Catarina team will be at Mané Garrincha, valid for the 18th round of the Brasileirão. Remembering that Mais Querido has one game less, as the clash against Internacional was postponed.