Palmeiras beat Botafogo-SP, face Santos in Paulistão U20 semi-final | OneFootball

Palmeiras secured a spot in the semifinals of the Under-20 Paulista Championship this Sunday by defeating Botafogo-SP again, 2–1, at Arena Barueri, in São Paulo. Verdão will face Santos in the next stage of the state tournament.

Rafa Fonseca opened the scoring for Botafogo-SP, but Victor Gabriel, Sorriso, and Fábio turned the game around for the Alviverde Paulista. The Palestra side won the first leg 1–0.

Semifinals set

With the best overall campaign, Palmeiras will face Santos (4th-best campaign) in the semifinal. São Paulo and Guarani will play the other matchup.

📋 Match summary

Competition: Under-20 Paulista Championship (second leg of the quarterfinals)  Venue: Arena Barueri, in Barueri (SP)  Date: October 12, 2025 (Sunday)  Time: 3:00 p.m. (Brasília time)

Goals

How the match unfolded

Palmeiras suffered an early blow just two minutes in. After a cross from Yago on the left, Rafa Fonseca positioned himself in the middle of the Alviverde defense, glanced a header, and found the net to open the scoring.

Verdão came back well from halftime and, at 12 minutes of the second half, leveled the game. After a corner, the ball returned to Palmeiras’ defensive half with Arthur, who launched it to Diogo on the right side of the box. The defender laid it off to Victor Gabriel, who controlled and fired high to put the home team back in front on aggregate.

The Alviverde turned the game around at 36. Sorriso received from Hugo in the middle of the area and struck first-time into the open goal. Seven minutes later, Hugo hit a powerful shot, and the rebound fell to Fábio, who finished first-time into the back of the net to seal the match.

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