Bolsonaro needed a knockout, but Lula won on points.
"Because he was the most attacked and didn't get knocked down, Lula can be considered the big winner of the night. By points," says Alex Solnik.
I don't understand how the presidential campaigns accepted the format of yesterday's debate on Globo. Especially Lula's. Four segments dedicated solely to questions and answers between the candidates, without a single question from a journalist, generated two undesirable consequences: sometimes it looked like a UFC fight, sometimes like a backroom deal between friends, depending on the pairings.
When Lula and Bolsonaro clashed, the scene turned into a boxing ring, with a whole bunch of rights of reply; when Bolsonaro and Father Kelmon entered the scene, it became a scene from a 6 pm soap opera.
Partnerships also formed between Bolsonaro and Felipe D'Ávila, between Simone and D'Ávila, Ciro and Simone, and between Simone and Soraya.
Lula had no allies, compared to Bolsonaro's two.
It became clear that Lula and Bolsonaro were the main players, and the others were supporting actors.
Lula was attacked by the other six, even when they weren't interacting with him; Bolsonaro, by four: Lula, Ciro, Simone, and Soraya.
Because he was the most attacked and didn't get knocked down, Lula can be considered the big winner of the night. By points.
Bolsonaro, who needed to knock him out to demonstrate his ability to react in the final stretch, failed.
It was his last chance.
Those who are undecided, the target audience, will only decide in the private voting booth.
The winner of the debate was Globo, which rarely has such a large audience at that time of night.
* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.