The commentator argues: “Few people point to him as a favorite for the title helping Botafogo”

a Botafogo It still engenders a certain amount of confidence on the part of the mainstream media, even with a five-point advantage in the lead Brazilian championship. But this situation helps the club struggle to become champions, from the journalist’s point of view Lil operatanfrom ESPN. The commentator supported his thesis about the fact that Glorioso entered the field lighter, without pressure, while praising his team qualities.

An important factor in helping Botafogo on this path is the fact that few people see it as a favourite. In every round it seems that “Botafogo will lose soon, they can’t stand the speed, the team is not that strong and Palmeiras or Flamengo will overtake them”. This was good for Botafogo, because all the lights are not on the club. The player does not enter the field with this commitment not to lose points because he is fighting for the title, and Botafogo enters the field gently and that helps a lot – via Lille, he continued:

– This is not the commitment that the team gives itself to be champions. Perhaps the scenario changes around the 25th and 30th round, but in this way Botafogo plays a little bit and can solve problems without too much pressure on the top. Botafogo has players who can make a difference in such a scenario, such as Lucas Pere and Tequinio Soares. If you keep playing for a while without all that stress, you can keep collecting points along the way even with one defeat or another.

At that point, Ubiratan Leal saw similarities between Botafogo in 2023 and Brazilian champions Corinthians in 2017 under Fabio Carril.

Botafogo’s campaign is somewhat reminiscent of 2017 champions Corinthians, who were the last team to have a better campaign than Botafogo’s season in the first 11 rounds. It was a team no one saw as a championship contender, it scored points, won, had a great first round and when they saw the team, it was already fighting for the title. Botafogo should go along with this, they don’t need to think about whether they are fighting for the title or not. Just fight, because eventually you’ll see if you’re really fighting.

Finally, Lille mentioned that Botafogo’s most popular title-fighting rivals are having problems.

– Theoretically, Palmeiras, Flamengo and even a few Atletico MG have more tools to be champions than Botafogo, they are teams formed longer, Atletico MG not so much. It is normal for one of these teams to take the lead at some point, but that does not mean that it will happen. In the same way they are competitive, Atlético-MG has its ups and downs, they just changed coaches, Palmeiras is a team that didn’t shine this year, no longer the irresistible team of last year, Flamengo wobbled to the idiot, had a terrible game against Red Bull Bragantino – He remembers that.