Rivals in the World, Palmeiras and Botafogo have historic encounters... from the Libertadores to Serie B
Palmeiras e Botafogo They meet on Saturday (28), at the Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia, in a prestigious round of sixteen. FIFA Club World Cup . The recent rivalry between the clubs has disputes over the last two titles. Brazilian Championship - where each one got a cup - and a meeting in the round of 16 Libertadores Since 2024, which ended with the victory of the Rio team. But the history of important encounters between them is much longer, from the best to the worst moments.
Before deciding which of the two will make it among the top eight teams in the world, the confrontation has already taken place in the final quadrangular Rio-São Paulo Tournament of 1962 , do Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tennis Tournament of 1969 , e num disputado grupo da 1973 Copa Libertadores , which ended with a tie between Palmeiras and Botafogo leading the group, forcing a tiebreaker match in which Botafogo, led by Jairzinho and Dirceu, played came out on top about Palmeiras of Leão, Leivinha, and Luis Pereira.
But 22 years ago, the scenario was of less glorious decisions, of memories that both fans preferred to forget: a series of meetings in the Brazilian Série B.
Long before the World Cup...
The Botafogo had already flirted with the second division at the end of the 1990s, escaping playing in the second division due to the scandal involving Sandro Hiroshi and Gama - explaining Brazilian football during these years is a complicated mission. But in 2002, in the last Brazilian Championship before the points system, the Black and White (Alvinegro) finished in the last place, 26th position, while Palmeiras was 23rd, setting up a meeting between the teams in Serie B.
Em 2003, foram three confrontations , with two ties and a victory for Palmeiras by a landslide 4 a 1 in the last round of the final quadrangular, when the Verdão had already secured the title and the Rio de Janeiro team had also ensured promotion back to the top tier.
The second division would haunt the life of the Palmeiras fan with the drop in 2012, and the Botafogo fan in two more relegations, in 2014 and 2020. But the years of suffering seem like a distant memory for both fans.
The game has turned around.
For Palmeiras, the dark times have been left behind 10 years ago. After suffering in the centenary year (2014), when it flirted with a new tragedy, things changed completely. Since then, Palmeiras has won the Brazilian Championship four times (2016, 2018, 2022, and 2023), two Copa do Brasil titles (2015 and 2020), the 2023 Supercup of Brazil, four Paulista Championships (2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024), two Copa Libertadores (2020 and 2021), as well as the 2022 Recopa Sul-Americana.
While Botafogo has a more recent path to success. After returning to the top tier of Brazilian football in 2022, they suffered a major setback with the collapse and loss of the 2023 Brazilian Championship title, but responded with what can be seen as the best year in its history in 2024, winning the Brazilian Championship and the Copa Libertadores last year.
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