Botafogo’s game with Sergipe in the Copa do Brasil ends in a fight

A Botafogo standings in stoppage time with the 1-1 draw with Sergipethis Thursday (2), for the 1st phase of the Brazil’s Cupended with a lot of confusion at the Arena Batistan.

After the goal scored by Adryelson in the last minute, which guaranteed the classification of the team from Rio de Janeiro, the field became the scene of a widespread fight.

The players surrounded the referee Braulio da Silva Machado, claiming that the goal exceeded the added time.

Aracaju club president Ernan Sena also starred in regrettable scenes. He went after the refereeing quartet, ended up getting flagged by the assistant and left the field with his forehead bleeding.

During the confusion, a member of the Sergipe board even tried to attack coach Luís Castro, from Botafogo.

Augusto Potiguar opened the scoring for the home team with a great free kick in the 1st half. However, in the 54th minute of the 2nd half, Adryelson scored the equalizer, which ranked the team from Rio.

The bid generated revolt in Sergipe, which complained that the goal move took place after the last of the nine minutes of added time given by the referee.