Botafogo and Athletico-PR will make one of the confrontations of the final eighths of the Brazilian Cup. The draw that defined all the games of the next phase took place on Tuesday, CBF headquarters. The football director of SAF alvinegra, André Mazzuco, represented the club at the event and praised the next opponent. After all, in the last four years, Hurricane has won two titles in this form of competition.
First, he took the Brazilian Cup in 2019. He became South American champion of 2021. So, you got the "copper" label. Two tournaments, by the way, Botafogo He pursues and remains alive in 2023.
"Athletico is a very technical team. And that in some of the hearts with this fomato was very successful. It's a periogous team, but we've arrived in a situation of 16 big clubs, and there's not much difference between opponents. O Botafogo Goes steady, with the aim of getting as far as possible. So it's going to be a big fight," Mazzuco said.
Confrontation has two coincidences
The duel between Botafogo And Athletico-PR will have two sins. It'll be the first time they've both faced each other with synthetic fields. After all, the Rio club installed the new floor on Nilton Santos A month ago, and Hurricane's been keeping this kind of lawn for seven years. In addition, the match between the teams by Brasileirão is scheduled for June 3. That is, although there are no dates defined in the Brazilian Cup, it is likely that there are three confrontations in a short interval.
Mazzuco also pointed out that deciding at home can be an advantage to the Glorious, for coming in great phase and with support from the fans.
"It's good because it already comes with the result out, knowing what you need to do. And then, of course, you need the cheerleading support. And the cheers of Botafogo It makes a big difference, it's always an ally of ours at home and for us, of course, it's an advantage in that sense. It is a great challenge and we hope to be prepared to pass", he completed.
At first, the Botafogo enters with a favoritism for being there 12 undefeated games in the season, with seven victories and the isolated leadership of the brazilian. But none of this takes its feet off the board floor, like coach Luís Castro, who doesn't care about the table now.
"We're leaders, we're at a good time, but it's a long walk. This is the product of work and a lot of things must be done. We hope to perpetuate this phase for this confrontation. And we've got South American, so it's gonna be another month of almost 10 games.
