Rio De Janeiro, April 17 -- Igor Jesus struck in the 84th minute as defending champion Botafogo salvaged a 2-2 home draw with Sao Paulo in Brazil's Serie A championship.
The visitor opened the scoring through winger Aldemir Ferreira on Wednesday, whose curling long-range effort left goalkeeper John Furtado with no chance.
Venezuelan midfielder Jefferson Savarino put the Rio side on level terms by receiving Artur Guimaraes' pass and rifling a 25-yard drive into the top-right corner.
The host lacked cohesion in possession and looked brittle in defense as Sao Paulo sought to
restore its lead. It didn't take long for the Tricolor Paulista to again breach Botafogo's defense
as Andre Silva found himself in space and fired home from 12 yar...