This Saturday, the 20th, Botafogo faced Internacional, at Nilton Santos, won 1-0 and remained as the isolated leader of the Brasileirão
This Saturday, 20th, the Botafogo received the Internationalin a match valid for the 18th round of the Brazilian Championship. With a goal from Luiz HenriqueFogão beat Colorado, at Nilton Santos, and remained at the top of the championship. With 39 points, the Rio de Janeiro club remains isolated at the top of the table.
The match started out more tense, but with a slight imbalance on Botafogo’s side. Playing at home and looking for the lead, it was expected that Fogão would take the reins in the first half. In addition, Inter was getting used to the ideas of Roger Machadowho made his debut under the command of Colorado.
Despite their dominance, the Rio team were not finishing their plays in the best way. Until, at 38 minutes, Cuiabano He escaped down the left side and crossed low for Luiz Henrique, who got ahead of the marker and scored a beautiful goal for Botafogo to go to the dressing room with the advantage on the scoreboard. Half-time! 1-0.
In the second half, Internacional went in search of a draw, but Botafogo controlled the result well and gave little space to the team from Rio Grande do Sul. In the last minutes, Colorado tried to put on some final pressure, putting all of its players on the attack, but the team from Rio de Janeiro held on, caused trouble with counterattacks and confirmed yet another home victory. Game over! 1-0.
Source: sportbuzz
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