Six consecutive wins and 11 games without losing. The bad results of the beginning of the year are already part of the past of the club, which now celebrates the ranking for the final eighties of the Cup of Brazil. Playing with reservations, the Botafogo won the Ypiranga by 2 to 0, with goals from Matheus Nascimento and Janderson, and guaranteed a beat score of 4 to 0.
The offensive trio formed by Gustavo Sauer, Luís Henrique and Matheus Nascimento demonstrated entanglement from the beginning, and that's where the first goal came out, with Botafogo opening the score just after the four minutes of the first half. Gustavo Sauer made a beautiful move from the right, tabulated with Luís Henrique, who found Matheus Nascimento next to the penalty mark. Gently, the attacker came to an end, and shook the nets at Nilton Stadium. Santos.
The team maintained the intensity of the beginning throughout the first stage, and the goalkeeper Caique had to strive to prevent the alvinegro from expanding to score. He defended two point-blank kicks by Luís Henrique and Tché Tché, as well as a fianalization outside the Sauer area. The home team still had another big chance with a strong kick from outside the Daniel Borges area, which exploded in the dash.
On the other side, the Ypiranga had difficulty finding spaces in the defensive system of the BotafogoBut he had a good chance at 39. Daniel Borges slipped in the area and Guilherme Guedes took the leftover, finishing with precision in Lucas Perri's goal, which made good defense.
In the second stage, Luís Henrique came close to amplifying in the first minute, but the aim was not right and the ball left the goalkeeper. At 11 minutes, Matheus Nascimento was replaced by Janderson after feeling cramps. Luis Castro moved two more times: at 18, Victor came in Sá in place of Luís Henrique — who heard his name sung by the fans by leaving the lawn — And Daniel Borges gave way to Rafael in the 26th.
From the middle to the end of the second half, the Botafogo lost intensity, and the Ypiranga He took the opportunity to find spaces. The entry of attackers Jonathan Ribeiro and William Barbio in the interval managed to impress more dynamism on the team, and the Ypiranga He managed to find spaces. The best in the field, however, was the goalkeeper Caique, who defended with his left foot Victor Sá's kick, after Janderson's move in the counterattack. Then it was Lucas Perri's turn to shine as he stretched out on the ground to save Erick's headdress.
At 42 minutes, Segovia took advantage of the wave and stole the ball in the defense field, pulling towards the opposing goal and gave a pass to Janderson, who finished well and scored the second goal. The third goal almost came with a kick out of Victor's area Yeah, but the ball hit the beam.
Now, the Botafogo the classic against the FlamengoOn Sunday, for the Brazilian Championship. The alvinegro ranks second in the table, with the same as the six points of the leader, Fluminese. Over 31,000 tickets have been sold.
