Botafogo They pressed and attacked ad nauseam, but were unable to overcome Wednesday’s goalless draw against a São Paulo to fight with integrity to Nilton Santosin this Brazilian quarterfinal duel of Libertadores Cup.
The tie will be determined within seven days on the Tricolor field of Morumbi.
The set of Rio de Janeiro he did all good, to the sound of Luiz Henrique and the Venezuelan Jefferson Savarinominus the main thing: marking.
instead, São Paulodoing very little, goes into the second leg with a valuable spoil after a complete resistance commanded by Sabino and the Ecuadorian Robert Arboleda.
Although this first raid had only one lord and master: the Botafogo. The group led by the Portuguese Arthur Jorge It annulled a São Paulo that was only committed to bailing out water.
He applied suffocating pressure and locked up his opponent from start to finish. He made his intentions clear from the first minute with a half-scissors Savarinowhich will eventually hit the pole from the top of the area.
Also noticed Luis Henrique on the right side, converted into a wide passage for him and the side Vitinho
Opposite, the team led by the Argentine Luis Zubeldia The field and the stopwatch became very long. He can barely get past the middle of the field.
Jonathan Calleri It is an island in the middle of the ocean Nilton Santos. Lucas Moura He had to deal with the synthetic grass of the Rio fiefdom. Only William Gomes He dared to launch a run behind the defense.
Botafogo It hit the wood twice and fell twice. First it is Savarino and in the next play was embraced by ill fortune Luiz Henrique, even though the referee has already nullified the play.
Marlon Freitas He also grabbed the goal with another shot close to Rafael’s goal, wasting as much time as possible whenever he had to serve, to the fury of the Botafoguense fans.
The visitors weathered the storm better in the second half because of Botafogodefending the lead in the Brazilian League, fatigue began to set in. Passes aren’t as accurate, either Luiz Henrique It’s very good.
Despite everything, the Nilton Santos It continued to lean in favor of the locals until the game was broken in the last quarter of an hour.
That was until the 75th minute São Paulo He enjoyed his first good chance with a Uruguayan center Michel Araújo already Callery sent inexplicably on purpose.
Nerves prevailed in the final stretch, fortunately for one São Pauloa three-time Libertadores champion, who has it in his power to return to the semifinals.
For starters, Botafogo They can no longer rely on Bastos, one of their starting center-backs and cannot return due to the accumulation of cards.
– Technical sheet:
0. Botafogo: John; Vitinho (m.91, Mateo Ponte), Bartolomeu Jacinto Quissanga ‘Bastos’, Alexander Barboza, Alex Telles (m.68, Fernando Marçal); Gregore, Marlon Freitas (m.79, Danilo Neves); Thiago Almada, Luiz Henrique (m.68, Tiquinho Soares), Jefferson Savarino and Igor Jesus (m.79, Matheus Martins).
coaches: Arthur Jorge.
0. São Paulo: Raphael; Rafinha (m.59, Wellington Rato), Robert Arboleda, Alan Franco (m.69, Nahuel Ferraresi), Sabino, Wellington; Luiz Gustavo, Damián Bobadilla; Lucas Moura (m.69, Luciano), William Gomes (m.69, Michel Araújo) and Jonathan Calleri (m.82, André Silva).
coaches: Luis Zubeldia.
Referee: Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich warned Luiz Henrique, Bastos, Rafinha and Arboleda.
Incidents: first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, played at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Source: La Verdad
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