Villalba blunders as Botafogo are held by Coritiba in the Brasileirão | OneFootball

On Sunday afternoon, Botafogo missed the chance to make it three straight wins in the Brazilian Championship after conceding a draw to Coritiba at Nilton Santos in an 11th-round match that ended 2-2. Danilo and Arthur Cabral scored for Glorioso, while Breno Lopes netted Coxa’s first goal. Lavega took advantage of a Villalba mistake to level things for Alviverde in the second half.

League standings

Despite the draw, Botafogo moved ahead of Grêmio, Vasco, Internacional, and Santos in the table and climbed to 11th place with 13 points. Coritiba, meanwhile, remain seventh with 16 points.

📋 Match summary

⚫ BOTAFOGO 2 x 2 CORITIBA 🟢

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship 🏟️ Venue: Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 📅 Date: April 12, 2026 (Sunday) ⏰ Kick-off time: 4 p.m. (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: Vitinho and Barboza (Botafogo); Wallisson, Pedro Rangel, and Thiago Santos (Coritiba) 🟥 Red cards: None

Officials

Goals

⚫ Botafogo

Raul; Vitinho (Chris Ramos), Bastos, Barboza and Jhoan Hernández (Caio Roque); Danilo, Medina and Montoro (Edenílson); Santi Rodríguez (Villalba), Barrera (Matheus Martins) and Arthur Cabral Head coach: Franclim Carvalho

🟢 Coritiba

Pedro Rangel; Tinga, Maicon (Tiago Coser), Jacy Maranhão and Bruno Melo (Felipe Jonatan); Vini Paulista (Wallisson), Gómez (Thiago Santos), Josué; Lucas Ronier, Breno Lopes (Joaquin Lavega) and Pedro Rocha (Renato Marques) Head coach: Fernando Seabra

How the match unfolded

Nine minutes into the match, Arthur Cabral tried his luck from distance and forced Pedro Rangel into action for Coritiba’s first save of the game. Four minutes later, Jordan Barrera controlled the ball on the left and finished poorly, straight down the middle, for another save by the goalkeeper. In the 31st minute, Botafogo threatened again when Alexander Barboza headed from near the six-yard box, but the Argentine sent it wide.

Coritiba then managed to open the scoring. In the 33rd minute, Josué burst forward on the counterattack and slipped the ball through for Breno Lopes on the left side of the box, and he struck right-footed past goalkeeper Raul and into the net.

In the second half, Botafogo pushed for an equalizer right away. Edenílson tried from the left in the first minute and saw Pedro Rangel make the save. In the 10th minute, Vitinho found Danilo on the right side of the box. The midfielder then cut past Sebastián Gómez and fired a left-footed shot high into the net to level the match with a superb goal.

Right after that, in the 11th minute, Danilo played the ball into the box for Barrera, who hit a left-footed cross-shot but mishit it, and the move ended in a goal kick. In the 20th minute, Jhoan Hernández suffered a concussion and was promptly taken to the hospital. Then, in the 24th minute, Botafogo had a good chance from a Caio Roque cross, but the finish went wide from close range.

Glorioso completed the comeback in the 31st minute, when Caio Roque crossed, Edenílson got a touch, and Arthur Cabral bundled it into the net from inside the six-yard box. However, Coritiba equalized right after. Two minutes later, Villalba failed to cut out a cross and Lavega went one-on-one with Raul, finishing across goal to make it all square again. Botafogo did press late on, but could not regain the lead.

Next match

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