Botafogo, where Argentines Leonel Di Placido and Víctor Cuesta started, qualified for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana by drawing, at home, with a worthy Patronato de Paraná 1-1.
In a meeting that took place under the rain at the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo He opened the scoring quickly with a goal from louis henrique 3 minutes into the first half, while Damian Arce equalized in the second.
The first leg was 2-0 for the Brazilians, so the overall score was 3-1 in their favor.
Patronage He showed an interesting face, looking for the rival goal, without taking refuge near his goalkeeper, looking for partnership and triangulations to put the leader of the Brazilian tournament in trouble.
As soon as the game started Botafogo brought out his high blood pressure, complicated the bottom of Patronage thanks to janderson he got into the area and gave the ball to the scorer louis henriquewho without a mark on the penalty spot, only had to push it into the back of the net.
In the remainder of the first stage, Botafogo He marked the differences, he was aggressive and gave the impression that when the cariocas wanted they could score goals. But Patronage he lavished himself on efforts, played the ball well, moved it very well and tried to reach the goal defended by the Paraguayan Roberto Fernandezwho played after being sidelined for a year with a complicated shoulder injury.
So the minutes went by, with Patronage trying to reach the area of the “Fogao” Lone Star, such the nickname of the Brazilian team, managing to Fernandez I had to work.
Obviously, Botafogo He arrived at the Entre Ríos area moving the bolt that Rodolfo De Paoli designed and that contemplated that the veteran Nicholas Sunday will play libero
In the second half, the scheme of the first stage was maintained, Botafogo and Patronage They were fighting, but the cariocas had a hard time defining the match and closing the result, so Patronato received a breath of air at minute 22, when Domingo made a courageous shot and gave it to the newly admitted Damián Arce who faced the goalkeeper and defined a stick.
With that goal, the overall result was 3 to 1 in favor of Botafogo, hence Patronage He had to score two more goals to force a penalty shootout.
With great dignity, the Board continued to go, while Botafogo he dedicated himself to taking care of players to defend his leadership in the Brasileirao, until the end came. With this result, the cariocas will face Guaraní from Paraguay in the next phase.
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