Oh, Jesus! It’s a miracle

European champions Paris SaintGermain PSG suffered a shock 01 Club World Cup defeat to Brazilian side Botafogo on ThursdayPSG are one of the favourites to win FIFArsquos 32team tournament after a dazzling season which culminated with a scintillating 50 demolition of Inter Milan in the Champions League final However their hopes of securing a victory which would have seen them become the first side into the Roundof16 were stymied by a resilient performance from their opponents from Rio de Janeiro Luis EnriqueBotafogo took the lead against the run of play in the 36th minute as Jefferson Savarinorsquos through ball split the PSG defence and released Igor Jesus He then did brilliantly to wrongfoot defender Willian Pacho before striking a shot that took a slight deflection past PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma on its way to the netldquoA lot of people wondered but we showed how strong Botafogo isrdquo goalscorer Jesus said after the win which kept all of South Americarsquos representatives unbeaten at the competition in the USAldquoWe knew it was going to be a very difficult match mdash they defended very well They were the team that defended the best against us all season This Club World Cup is very intense and all the teams are highly motivated especially when theyrsquore playing against usrdquo said PSG boss Luis EnriqueAll you need to know about BotafogolsquoSet on firersquo The literal meaning of the word Botafogo is lsquoset on firersquo in Portuguese It is derived from the nickname given to the San Joao Baptista ship one of the most powerful Portuguese warships of the 16th century The club is officially called Botafogo de Futbol e RegatasBirthed from a rowing club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is the result of a merger between two clubs founded in Rio de Janeiro mdash Club de Regatas Botafogoa rowing club and Botafogo Football CubGarrincha was here Botafogo has won the Brazilian League thrice and their contribution to the countryrsquos football is deep Legendary Brazilian attacker Garrincha played for the club Garrincha and Santosrsquos Pele formed the backbone of the Brazil team that won backtoback World Cups 1958 1962Nurtured Zagallo The club also nurtured Mario Zagallo who is one of only three people in history to win the World Cup as both player and manager mdash the others are Francersquos Didier Deschamps and Germanyrsquos Franz Beckenbauer Although Zagallo began his playing career at Flamengo he went on to play for Botafogo for seven years before taking chargeof the club sideNot all plain sailing The club went 20 years without a title between 1969 to 1988 They also faced adversity post 1995 twice being relegated to the Brazilian second divisionOn the rise again The Brazilian club won its maiden Copa Libertadores title in 2024 along with the Brazlian League just three years after securing promotion from the second divisionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever