Seeing your team lose in the ninth minute of added time can be annoying, especially when they were leading 3-0 at half-time… Ask John Textor who experienced this bitter experience up close this Wednesday in Brazil. Present at the Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos to attend the Brazilian Serie A clash between his club Botafogo, first in the championship, and its runner-up in the standings Palmeiras, the boss of Olympique Lyonnais was completely twisted by the scenario of the match.
While his team returned to the locker room at the end of the first period with a large lead (3-0), the leader collapsed in the second half. After an initial reduction in the gap from Endrick, the future nugget of Real Madrid, Botafogo was reduced to 10 with the expulsion of Adryelson before missing the winning penalty in the 83 minute. The rest is “history”. Three goals in 15 minutes for Palmeiras and an incredible comeback under the eyes of a stunned Textor.
“The referees must resign tomorrow”
“It doesn’t deserve a red card and it changes the course of the match. It’s corruption. The referees must resign tomorrow,” said the majority shareholder of the club on Brazilian television. “They can’t win in this way, we don’t want to lose this way, it’s been like this for five consecutive games,” assured John Textor, whose team has not won in three games, and now has only three points ahead of his runner-up.
While Botafogo led 3-0 at MT, Palmeiras won 3-4.
Scandalous expulsion of Adryelson in the 76th when it was 3-1.
Palmeiras scores its last 3 goals in the 84th, 89th and 90+9… ????
Textor furious, speaks of corruption and demands the resignation of the referee: https://t.co/LEADRaHvAu
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“It’s not your fault, it’s f***ing corruption,” he told his players who were returning to the locker room, still in full view of the cameras. “This is my stadium. I will always be here,” concluded John Textor. A resounding exit while his other club, Olympique Lyonnais, 8,000 km away, is in the midst of a crisis. OL host Metz on Sunday at 1 p.m. for the 11th day of Ligue 1.
