Missed penalty costs Athletico in 1-1 draw with Botafogo

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Athletico Paranaense v Botafogo - Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil - September 9, 2020 Referee Vinicius Goncalves Dias Araujo signals for a penalty to Athletico Paranaense REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

Athletico Paranaense came from behind to salvage a draw with Botafogo on Wednesday but a missed penalty in stoppage time prevented the home side from taking all three points.

Victor Luis put Botafogo 1-0 up from the penalty spot with 10 minutes remaining but Ravanelli equalised for Athletico two minutes from time.

Nikao then blasted his spot-kick over the bar in the third minute of stoppage time to leave Athletico in 16th position in the 20-team Serie A with eight points from nine matches. Botafogo sit one place above them with nine points from eight games.

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Athletico Paranaense v Botafogo - Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil - September 9, 2020 Athletico Paranaense's Nikao misses a penalty REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

(Reporting by Andrew Downie, editing by Ed Osmond)

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Athletico Paranaense v Botafogo - Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil - September 9, 2020 Botafogo's Victor Luis scores their first goal REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Athletico Paranaense v Botafogo - Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil - September 9, 2020 Athletico Paranaense's Ravanelli scores their first goal REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer