Botafogowith a brace from Spanish-Brazilian Diego Costabeat this Sunday 3-0 at Mr in a match for the twenty-first day of Brazilian Championship and remained the leader of the League with a solid advantage of eleven points in Palmeiras, his escort to the classification.
The team from Rio de Janeiro completed 51 points in 21 games (16 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses) and for several days they had a wide advantage over their pursuers, which they managed with 17 days left to go to the tournament.
In addition to losing their home game, Botafogo benefited from the failures of his two pursuers, because Flamengo and Fluminense They tied their promises, and now they are joined by Palmeiras (40 points), who beat Vasco da Gama with difficulty 1-0, and by Gremio (36 points), who beat Cruzeiro 3-0.
The leader, the Portuguese coach ordered Bruno Lagedominated the game played at home, the stadium Nilton Santos from Rio de Janeiroand won two goals from Diego Costa in his first game as a starter and another from youngster Luis Henrique.
The former striker of Atletico Madrid34 years old and signed by Botafogo just two weeks ago to replace the injured Tiquino Soares, the leading scorer in Liga and whose return is not yet certain, needed just three minutes to open the scoring after receiving an assist from Victor in within the area Sat.
Diego Costa He added to the score 5 minutes into the second half after Gabriel Pires capitalized on Marcos Felipe’s mistake and found the striker free inside the area.
louis henrique He completed the scoring 30 minutes into the second half with a deadly counterattack launched by Hugo and where the youngster got ahead of his markers, evaded the goalkeeper and kicked into an empty goal.
Despite the massive points in favor of the locals, the rivalry between the Portuguese coaches Bruno Lage and Renato Paiva It was fairly even and there were chances for both sides, but Botafogo had the goal of Diego Costa and the effectiveness of goalkeeper Lucas Perri, who failed to score several chances for Bahía.
Meanwhile he Botafogo consolidated its leadership, Bahía fell dangerously to sixteenth place in the standings, threatening to fall to the last four, punished by relegation.
Palmeiras, reigning Brazilian champions and second in the standings, matched the leaders by beating Vasco da Gama 1-0 with a goal from Raphael Veiga in the collection of the foul in the 19th minute of the second half.
The team led by Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira also struggled to win at home, the stadium Allianz Parkto a Vasco who knows how to defend himself and where the Chilean defender stands out Gary Medell.
And the Guild took advantage of the draws of Flamengo and Fluminense to jump to third place in the standings with their 3-0 win over Cruzeiro, with goals from the Uruguayans Luis Suarez and Felipe Carballo and the midfielder Pepe.
flamencowho are third in the standings, missed the chance to get closer to the leaders by surrendering a 0-0 draw at the Maracana stadium against Internacional on Saturday that left them in fourth place in the standings and 15 points behind Botafogo.
The team of Rio de Janeiro, current champion of the Libertadores, owner of the most important cast of Brazil and who started the League as the great favorite, he left the stadium mourned by his own fans after his incompetence against an Internacional that played many reserves.
The tie deepened the crisis at Brazil’s most popular club after it was eliminated this month in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores by Paraguayan Olimpia and once again left the Argentine coach on a tightrope. Jorge Sampaoli.
Source: La Verdad
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