Former Flamengo fails, but redeems to goal in Portugal

o defender otávio lived a night of ups and downs in the FC Porto draw with the Rio Ave , 2-2, this Monday (3), for the 20th round of the Portuguese Championship . Revealed by Flamengo , the defender committed a decisive flaw in the second goal of the opponent, but redeemed to score the equalizer in the final minutes of the match.

Premiere of Martín Anselmi and defensive errors

The duel marked the debut of technician Martín Anselmi in command of Porto , and the team demonstrated the expected domain over 10th of the league . However, a defensive failure put the team at a disadvantage.

In the first half, the defender Nehuén Pérez missed a simple pass in defense, handed the ball to the Brazilian striker Clayton and, when trying to correct The mistake, gave a hard entrance to the goalkeeper of Porto. The bid resulted in 1 to 0 for Rio Ave, which remained until the break.

Otávio fails, but redeems to unlikely goal

in the return of the second half, Nehuén Pérez had its redemption when enjoying A rebound in the area and scoring the equalizer to Porto. Shortly thereafter, it was the turn of Otávio Living moments opposite in the match.

At 28 minutes, the defender made a similar mistake of his partner, missing a pass on the ball and allowing Pohlmann to score the second goal of Rio Ave. But three Minutes later came the answer: Octavius ​​took a rebound from the offensive intermediary and took an unlikely kick far away. The ball deflected in the opposing defender, deceived goalkeeper Miszta and died at the bottom of the nets , ensuring 2 to 2 on the scoreboard. = "LAZY" Width = "560" Height = "315" SRC = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/wkxl577v0l0" Title = "YouTube Video Player" Frameborder = "0" Allow = "Accelerometer; Autoplay; Clipboard-Write; Encrypted-Media; Gyroscope;

Although the draw was not the ideal result for Porto, which wanted to follow the leader Sporting's six points , the goal in the final minutes avoided even greater stumble.

Otavio's trajectory at Flamengo

Featured in the base categories, Otávio had few opportunities in the professional team of Flamengo. His only match For the club was against the Palmeiras , in 2020, when much of the cast was away from COVID-19. Despite good performance alongside Natan, did not receive new chances and was loaned to Sampaio Corrêa.

Following, Flamengo gave the player to the Famalicão , where he quickly signed. The Portuguese club exercised the purchase option by 500 thousand euros (R $ 2.6 million) for 80% of economic rights. After standing out, Otávio was sold to Porto by 12 million euros (R $ 63 million, at the quotation of the time). Fla, which maintained 30% of the athlete's rights, received approximately R $ 18 million with the transfer.