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Looking for victory to get away from the last places in the Brazilian Championship, Bahia and Botafogo met this Sunday (8) in a match valid for the 20th round, the first of the round. In a not very busy match, the Bahian team won 1-0 with a goal from Rodriguinho, from a penalty, on the last play of the match.
With the result, the team led by coach Mano Menezes rises to the standings, while the Rio de Janeiro club enters the relegation zone and will try at all costs to win in the coming weeks.
In the next round, Botafogo receives Red Bull Bragantino and will have the opportunity to distance himself from the drop zone against a direct opponent. Bahia, on the other hand, will play a late match in the middle of the week, valid for round 18, against Fortaleza.
Honda and Pedro Raúl forgiven
Highlights of the current Botafogo squad, Honda and Pedro Raúl did not enter the field at the option of the technical committee. According to the club, the goal was to preserve athletes and prevent more severe muscle wasting.
Positive-headed gentlemen
With the absence of Gatito, Cavalieiri would be chosen to take charge of the Botafogo goal. However, the experienced goalkeeper tested positive for Covid-19 and was absent in this weekend’s game, giving space to Saulo, the third option of the Rio team.
Guilherme Santos leaves the field crying
The afternoon was not the best for Guilherme. The player felt severe pain in his left leg after kicking from outside the area and left the field crying, being substituted with just 14 minutes of play.
VAR “saves” the Botafogo goalkeeper
In the 43rd minute, Bahía scored the goal with Fessin, after a strange mistake by the Botafogo goalkeeper. However, the video referee showed the court judge that seconds before there was a foul on the host player, thus canceling the marking.
It went well: Bahia’s defensive system
It is true that Botafogo’s attack had a weak performance, but the defensive duo formed by Lucas Fonseca and Anderson Martins, in addition to the wings, did a precise job. Sure, he avoided the opponent’s attacks and helped to get the ball out.
Who was wrong: Daniel
The Bahian midfielder did not have a positive night, as he had many difficulties to make plays and leave the strong mark of Botafogo. With that, he was replaced midway through the second half, giving way to forward Gilberto.
Botafogo performance
The absences of Honda and Pedro Raúl diminished the economic power of the Rio de Janeiro club, which it barely created during the ninety minutes. The strategy was to fill the midfield and hinder the rapid attacks of the Bahian scores.
Bahia’s performance
Acting at home, the team led by coach Mano Menezes tried to dominate the game and have possession of the ball, however the lack of creativity and intensity in the midfield ahead hindered the team’s strategy. The solution was to take advantage of the opponent’s mistakes, which happened in the final stretch with Saulo, however the VAR annulled the goal for a foul at the beginning of the counterattack.
Game history
The game started with a lot of goalscorer and little creativity on the part of both teams. The defensive and less daring stance of both is related to the position of Bahía and Botafogo in the Brazilian Championship table, since they entered the field in the fifteenth and fourteenth places, respectively.
With that, the first twenty minutes did not generate any possibility of danger for the goals defended by Douglas and Saulo, spectators until then. The few opportunities near the area were not completed on goal or blocked by the opposing defense.
At the end of the first half, Bahia scored after a flagrant failure by goalkeeper Saulo, but the referee annulled the goal after the VAR showed the image of a foul still in the defense field of the Bahian club, enough to cancel the score.
The second half was not very different from the first, and the two teams had enormous difficulties creating real scoring chances. With time waning, the game slowed down and long-distance shooting began to be seen as the main route to reach the offensive sector.
Interestingly, the game recorded the first real chance of scoring on the last play, on a penalty in favor of Bahia, as the few shots on goal were with little force. .
DATA SHEET
BAHIA 1 X 0 BOTAFOGO
Competition: 20th round of the Brazilian Serie A Championship
Data: 11/08/2020
Local: Fonte Nova Arena, in Salvador (BA)
Referee: Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes (GO)
Assistants: Fabricio Vilarinho da Silva (GO) and Leone Carvalho Rocha (GO)
WHERE: Wagner Reway (PB)
Yellow cards: Gregore and Elias (Bahía); Matheus Babi, Bruno Nazário and Marcelo Benevenuto (Botafogo)
Goal: Rodriguinho, 53 minutes into the second half
Bay: Douglas Friedrich; Nino Paraíba, Lucas Fonseca, Anderson Martins and Juninho Capixaba; Gregore, Elias and Daniel (Gilberto); Rossi (Rodriguinho), Fessin (Alesson) and Elber (Marco Antônio). Coach: Mano Menezes
Botafogo: Saul; Kevin, Marcelo Benevenuto, Kanu and Victor Luis; José Welison (Luiz Otávio), Caio Alexandre and Bruno Nazário; Kelvin (Kalou), Matheus Babi and Guilherme Santos (Davi Araújo) (Éber Bessa). Coach: Flávio Tenius
