🤯 Say what?! State championship match in 🇧🇷 ends 23-1

🤯 Say what?! State championship match in 🇧🇷 ends 23-1 The biggest win ever recorded in an official Brazilian football match was Botafogo's 24–0 victory over the then Sport Club Mangueira in the 1909 Campeonato Carioca. A scoreline that was ALMOST matched this Saturday (17). Already making headlines for all the wrong reasons in the Campeonato Mineiro's Second Division, which is actually the state's third tier, Santarritense were beaten 23–1 at home by Novo Esporte of Itabirinha. That's right! TWENTY-THREE TO ONE! The match was part of the fifth and final round of the competition's first stage. And it helped leave Santarritense eliminated with a goal difference of minus 52. Left without a specialist goalkeeper! Novo Esporte were already leading 1–0 when forward Kawan left Santarritense a man down just eight minutes in. And the first half ended 10–0 to the visitors. Eriky stood out with five goals. Daniel, with a hat-trick, and Lucas Andrey, with two, completed the first-half rout. The second half brought four more goals in an eight-minute spell and another red card for Santarritense. Lucas Oliveira, the only goalkeeper in the matchday squad, was sent off. See below why his game ended early: Coach André Marques had just two players on the bench. And neither was a goalkeeper. It fell to Guilherme, wearing the number 2 shirt, to take over in goal. The Itabirinha side scored eight more before Pedro Henrique grabbed Santarritense's consolation goal. And Julian made it 23–1 in the 43rd minute of the second half. There was even a goal for Saurav Singh, the Malaysian defender who plays for Novo Esporte. The winning team's scorers were: Daniel - 7 Eriky - 5 Lucas Andrey - 5 Ryusei - 1 Saurav - 1 Hygor - 1 Charles - 1 Jean Felipe - 1 Julian - 1 A DISASTROUS campaign 😳 Just two goals scored in five matches. The team from Santa Rita do Sapucaí even made a "positive" start, losing only 3–0 to Nacional de Muriaé. But a string of heavy defeats followed, culminating in Saturday's scoreline: Round 1 - Nacional de Muriaé 3 🆚 0 Santarritense Round 2 - Santarritense 0 🆚 8 Venda Nova Round 3 - Inter Minas 7 🆚 1 Santarritense Round 4 - Nova Lavras 13 🆚 0 Santarritense Round 5 - Santarritense 1 🆚 23 Novo Esporte Novo Esporte advanced with the second-best record in Group A. Venda Nova (1st) and Nacional de Muriaé (3rd) also went through. The final six-team stage will also feature the three qualifiers from Group B: Paracatu, Betim and São João del Rei. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.