Botafogo wins the classic with Fluminense and keeps the Brazilian’s leadership isolated

In a controversial move, Victor Cuesta scored in the second half to secure victory for Luís Castro’s side

Botafogo is more of a leader than ever. After losing in the last round a Goiaswho took advantage of 100% of the team in Brazilian championshipthe folks of Botafogo once again showed what they’re capable of in this Saturday’s classic, at Engenhaodefeating the Fluminense’s 1 to 0.

Six wins and one loss in seven rounds. The result puts the coach’s team Louis Castro in isolated leadership with 18 points. The Laranjeiras team, however, remains with 13 in the standings.

The winning goal was scored in the second half by the defender victor cuesta after a corner kick. The offer caused a lot of discussion because the Fluminense players asked for a foul on entry Niño in the offer. The judge, however, upheld the appointment.

Botafogo takes the field in the middle of the week and turns its attention to the Copa Sudamericana. The Rio de Janeiro team will face Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo this Thursday in Trujillo, Peru. Fluminense also has an international tournament ahead of them. Leader of group D of the Libertadores with a 100% success rate, the team commanded by coach Fernando Diniz challenges the Bolivian The Strongest in the altitude of La Paz.

As for the Brazilian championship, the next appointment is at the weekend. Botafogo welcomes América-MG at its stadium in Rio on Sunday. On the same day, Fluminense faces Corinthians at the Neo Química Arena.

In a closely fought game in midfield, the first 45 minutes were of few chances. In Botafogo’s best chance, Tiquinho kicked Fábio’s partial defense. For Fluminense, an assist from Ganso leaves Cano free to cross and Luca Perri defends.

For the second half, each team came back with one substitution, and it was Botafogo who finished with a better performance. Di Placido took the place of fullback Rafael and, in his sector, the Alvinegro team began to annoy the opposing defence.

Sensing the absence of injured Marcelo and Alexsander, Fernando Diniz replaced Gabriel Pirani with Lelê. Instead of gaining more strength in attack, Laranjeiras’ team lost their midfield and started coming under pressure when the ball went out.

Going into the finals, Botafogo had nine submissions to their rival’s only two. With Tchê Tchê dictating the pace and triangulations occurring more frequently, the offensive volume increased.

In the 28th minute, a mid-range strike from Júnior Santos forced Fábio to make a fine save and send the ball over to the goalline. The result of the pressure was converted into a goal from a corner kick. From the corner, Fábio missed the goal and the ball dripped into the box. Victor Cuesta, lying on the ground, takes advantage of the surplus and inflates the net for 1-0.

Fluminense bet all or nothing and in the end almost equalized with Lelê. He took advantage of a header from Guga, invaded the area, passed goalkeeper Lucas Perri but, unbalanced, ended up starting with the ball and everything going deep in the 42nd minute.

Botafogo pulled away, secured possession to avoid pressure from Fluminense and managed the lead until the end to secure another win and three points in the table for Nacional.

DATA SHEET:

BOTAFOGO 1 x 0 FLUMINENSE

BOTAFOGO – Luca Perri; Rafael (Di Placido), Adryelson, Victor Cuesta and Marçal; Tchê Tchê, Gabriel Pires (Marlon Freitas) and Eduardo; Junior Santos, Tiquinho Soares and Luis Henrique (Victor Sá). Technician:Louis Castro.

FLUMINENSE – Fabio; Samuel Xavier (John Kennedy), Nino, Felipe Melo (Manoel) and Guga; André, Lima (Martinelli), Gabriel Pirani, (Lelê) and Ganso; Arias and Cano. Technician: Fernando Diniz.

OBJECTIVE – Victor Cuesta, 29′ of the second half.

YELLOW SIGNS – Tiquinho Soares, Marçal, Victor Cuesta and Eduardo (Botafogo); Lelê and Nino (Fluminense).

REFEREE – Braulio da Silva Machado (SC).

INCOME AND PUBLIC – Not available.

LOCAL – Engenhão Stadium, in Rio (RJ).

Source: Terra

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