Endrick And Palmeiras Stun Botafogo As Owner Cries Corruption

“This is corruption. This is simply a theft. The Championship has go a joke.”

Last nighttime Brazilian Série A leaders Botafogo mislaid astatine location to title rivals Palmeiras successful rather devastating fashion. They were 3-0 up astatine half-time but managed to extremity up connected nan receiving extremity of a 4-3 scoreline. Ouch.

This consequence intends Botafogo now person conscionable 2 wins from 9 convention games. They had been moving distant pinch nan title, but now they are throwing it distant instead. At 1 shape Botafogo led nan array by much than a twelve points, but Palmeiras are now conscionable 3 points down them.

A stadium that until precocious had enjoyed a play of fireworks, dream and joyousness was covered by a acheronian unreality of slump aft past night's last whistle. Fans near nan stands dismayed and nan Botafogo players were angry and successful shock.

One man who took this conclusion arsenic bad arsenic anybody wasn’t a subordinate aliases coach, nor was he a play summons holder of nan Rio de Janeiro based club. The angriest man aft past night's crippled was nan American proprietor of nan location side; John Textor.

John Textor is nan laminitis and president of Eagle Football Holdings, who person ample stakes successful awesome clubs crossed nan globe including Botafogo, Crystal Palace of nan Premier League and Olympique Lyonnais successful France’s Ligue 1.

Textor was successful attendance astatine past night’s crippled and mightiness yet regret ranting successful a post-match question and reply pinch Brazilian media. He called retired nan caput of nan Brazilian F.A and said that a reddish paper received by Botafogo was a corrupt decision. The reddish paper mightiness not person been an evident one, but it wasn’t a wholly ridiculous determination either.

Soon aft nan sending disconnected Botafogo were awarded a punishment too, but they grounded to convert. South American shot mightiness not person a squeaky cleanable past of zero corruption, but it seems that connected this juncture it simply wasn’t Botafogo’s night.

Textor’s guidance was 1 of vexation but he surely said his bosom retired successful nan interview. On 1 manus it was refreshing to spot a nine proprietor connected nan touchline successful his squad colours; speaking for illustration a instrumentality and not a businessman, wearing a jersey and not a suit.

“The full world saw it, that is not a reddish card.” He went on… “Fine me, you tin reddish paper me!”

On nan different manus his comments were cringeworthy and desperate. Palmeiras devoured nan hosts successful nan 2nd half and it appears that Botafogo and their owners are lamenting throwing distant their points advantage.

Textor was emotion nan unit and nan symptom of nan beautiful crippled and would person been amended disconnected not accusing nan Brazilian F.A of corruption. He will undoubtedly person a hefty good from nan association.

The astir comical infinitesimal of Textor’s rant came arsenic nan Palmerias players passed his broadside to time off nan pitch: “Gentleman you played a bully game, it’s not your fault, but this is f****ng corruption.” Whether aliases not nan guidance players listened to aliases understood Textor is different matter.

Eagle Football Holdings describes itself arsenic “a family of world shot organizations pinch top-tier clubs and elite academies.” It is simply a portion of football’s latest fashion; nan multi-club model.

‘City Football Group’ are nan trailblazers down this trend. Their portfolio of clubs includes Manchester City, NYCFC, Girona FC of Spain, Bahia of Brazil, Palermo of Italy and galore more.

By having awesome stakes successful various teams, ownership groups summation galore competitory advantages. For example; they tin bargain and indebtedness players betwixt clubs wherever it suits and they tin gain bigger commercialized contracts because they person extended commercialized reach.

Eagle Football Holdings authorities connected their ain website: “Our clubs collaborate to maximize competitory advantage done entree to our world web of talent.” They are doing conscionable that. In December 2022 Botafogo traveled to London to look Crystal Palace successful a friends lucifer and past August Botafogo signed midfielder Jacob Montes connected a free transportation from Selhurst Park.

The likes of Crystal Palace and Lyon couldn’t beryllium overmuch further from winning a title astatine nan moment, truthful it’s nary astonishment that Textor was successful Rio de Janerico to cheer connected Botafogo. However, Palmeiras teen and early Real Madrid prima Endrick ripped up nan book past night.

Botafogo’s title complaint is weakening astatine a play complaint and Textor’s rant whitethorn person won him immoderate fans connected nan internet, but it will not person aided his narration pinch nan Brazilian F.A.