Athletico-PR thrash Botafogo and knock São Paulo off second spot | OneFootball

Athletico-PR made the race for the top spots in the Brazilian Championship even hotter. This Sunday, Furacão delivered a flawless performance and crushed Botafogo 4-1, complete with “olé” chants at Arena da Baixada, in a postponed match from the fifth round of the national competition. With the result, the southern side took São Paulo out of second place in the competition.

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League standings

With 16 points, Athletico-PR moved past São Paulo on the tiebreakers and took over second place in the Brasileirão. Botafogo, meanwhile, has six points and sits in 17th, the first spot inside the relegation zone.

📋 Match summary

🔴 ATHLETICO-PR 4 x 1 BOTAFOGO ⚫

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship | Round 5 🏟️ Venue: Arena da Baixada, in Curitiba (PR) 📅 Date: March 29, 2026 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: Luiz Gustavo, Arthur Dias (Athletico Paranaense), Medina, Barboza, Júnior Santos (Botafogo) 🟥 Red cards: None

Officials

Goals

🔴Athletico-PR

Santos; Benavídez, Aguirre, Arthur Dias (Terán) and Esquivel; Luiz Gustavo, Jadson and Dudu (Portilla); Julimar (Zapelli), Viveros (Renan Peixoto) and Mendoza (Léo Derik) Coach: Odair Hellmann

⚫ Botafogo

Raul; Vitinho, Bastos, Alexander Barboza and Alex Telles; Edenílson (Barrera), Medina, Santi Rodríguez (Villalba) and Montoro; Matheus Martins (Júnior Santos) and Arthur Cabral (Nathan Fernandes) Coach: Rodrigo Bellão

How the match unfolded

Athletico-PR needed just three minutes to open the scoring. Alexander Barboza missed his clearance attempt and paved the way for Viveros to break forward. Completely unmarked, the Colombian advanced down the right, entered the box and fired the ball through Raul’s legs.

Botafogo responded quickly and forced goalkeeper Santos into saves from Montoro, Arthur Cabral and Medina, and even with little inspiration, managed to equalize. Alex Telles took the corner and Barboza got a dangerous touch on it. Santos managed to parry, but Edenílson, from inside the six-yard box, leveled the score in the 42nd minute.

However, Athletico regained control and did not take long to go back in front. Dudu took advantage of space on the right and crossed into the box. The ball went past Julimar, but Viveros appeared alone to finish in front of an open goal in the 47th minute.

Furacão came back from halftime and quickly extended the lead. Esquivel lofted a free kick into the box. Aguirre rose between the center backs and headed into the net in the 4th minute. In the 35th minute, from the right, Esquivel curled a free kick into the top corner beyond goalkeeper Raul to complete the rout.

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