Flamengo wins Botafogo for Brasileirão; see the goal

After the fall in Libertadores in the middle of the week, the turbulence in Gávea calms down a bit. Today (5), in Nilton Santos, Flamengo won the classic against Botafogo 1-0 and secured three more points in the Brazilian Championship. Everton Ribeiro scored the goal that marked Rogério Ceni’s second win at the helm, following Marcinho’s failure.

With the result, Fla reaches 42 points, in third place, and coincides with Atlético-MG. The miners still play in the round and the Cariocas have a late game to play. Alvinegro is still in a delicate situation: there are 20 points, in second place in the table.

Without the Libertadores ahead, Flamengo will have the week off to prepare for the match against Santos, on the 13th (Sunday), at 4:00 p.m. The match takes place in Maracanã. Bota will go to Morumbi, next Wednesday (9), where he will face São Paulo in a late start of the first round. The game is scheduled for 9:30 p.m.

Gerson does well in the classic

The midfielder was the highlight of the round 24 match because he ran a lot and showed up for the match despite having to deal with an individual mark from Honda. He participated in the pressure that ended in the flamenco goal. Gerson, by the way, was the one who visualized the arrival of Everton Ribeiro and gave a sweet pass.

The worst: Marcinho

The strategy of the owners of the house was evident: close and hinder the actions of the rival. But an error in Marcinho’s pass at the start of the second half forced Botafogo to change plans. This is because Fla opened the scoring after hesitation and Alvinegro was forced to go on the attack.

Flamengo dominates, but does not convince

Flamengo’s superiority in the field was notorious. Possession of 71% of the ball in the first half and I play practically on one side of the field: the Botafogo defender. But the creation was not the best, even though the team managed to win. Slow in many moments, Rubro-negro exaggerated in the crosses (18 only in the initial stage) and took little danger for Cavalieri. The situation improved when the goal came, the result of the pressure well done at the opponent’s exit, but it was not inspiring.

Botafogo wakes up after scoring a goal

Diego Alves practically saw the classic in Nilton Santos after a lightning strike at 20 seconds, in which he defended Pedro Raúl’s strong shot. The men in front of Glorioso, attached to the role of scoring, began to appear when Everton Ribeiro kept his. Honda was pushed back in the middle and Babi took another space up front and the team took to the offensive field several times.

Debut, but not so much

This Saturday’s classic marked the beginning of the work of the new Botafogo technical committee, led by Eduardo Barroca. But the coach, diagnosed with Covid-19, could not be on the edge of the field. Thus, assistant Felipe Lucena was in charge of leading the team in the match.

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