São Paulo is defeated by Botafogo in Rio and sees the G4 threatened

São Paulo was defeated by Botafogo on Monday night, in Engenhão, 1-0, thanks to a goal from Matheus Babi. In the absence of victory to confirm the direct place in the group stage of the Libertadores, the team led by Marcos Vizolli added another frustrating result in the Brazilian Championship and

Luciano, who fights for the Brasileirão artillery, had the chance to draw already in the final leg of the game on a penalty, but the forward, who is not the official São Paulo hitter, ended up wasting the opportunity to at least They guaranteed a place the Tricolor, hitting the same corner where the goalkeeper stretched to make the defense.

With 63 points, São Paulo is two of the Fluminense and can be surpassed by the rival in the last round if it is defeated by Flamengo and the Rio Tricolor wins Fortaleza. If they fall to fifth place, Daniel Alves and company still have a chance to secure a spot in the Libertadores group stage, but only if Palmeiras is the Brazilian Cup champion.

Botafogo, meanwhile, has been relegated for a few rounds and uses this final stretch of the season to organize the house and begin planning for Serie B.

The game – São Paulo started the first half with some freedom to build their attacks. At nine minutes, the visitors arrived in danger for the first time. Luciano played for Gabriel Sara, who fired Reinaldo and saw the left-back experiment from outside the area, sending over the goal. Botafogo responded immediately with Kayke, who took advantage of the failure of Tchê Tchê and shot from distance, but did not catch the ball well, facilitating the defense of Tiago Volpi.

Without much appetite for victory, Tricolor stalled in the game. Botafogo, in turn, tried to attack the opponent in any way he could. In the 25th minute, Ênio received a throw-in and hit the entrance of the area, in the middle of the goal, wasting a promising opportunity for the Alvinegro team.

If the situation was already bad for São Paulo, at 28 minutes it got worse. On a counterattack play, Warley dived from the right and beat Reinaldo in the race until jersey 6 hit a car and knocked him down, ending the play that could have resulted in Botafogo’s goal. The match referee did not let it pass and ended up sending São-Paulino off.

From then on, only Botafogo came. Warley and Ênio had good opportunities to finally fill in the nets, but Tiago Volpi connected to keep his goal clean. Even Luiz Otávio tried from the middle of the fairway to surprise the rival goalkeeper, but the teams ended up going into halftime with the goalless draw at Engenhão.

Second time

Little has changed from the first to the second half. In numerical superiority, Botafogo remained in the attack and did not take long to balance the networks. In the 12th minute, Warley crossed from the right and Matheus Babi headed in, without a chance for Tiago Volpi, who was unable to do anything at close range.

Trying to react quickly, São Paulo risked Botafogo’s goal in the 16th minute. Léo ordered the area, and Gabriel Sara tried to complete the volley, but sent it wide. The homeowners narrowly widened in the 29th minute with Warley, who took a free kick from the right, cut in half invading the area and hit hard, but the ball was weak, making life easier for Volpi.

After some changes, such as Galeano in the position of Gabriel Sara and Rojas, who did not play in an official match for more than two years, instead of Igor Gomes, São Paulo got a penalty in his favor in the final stretch of the game . Galeano went to the ground inside the area and the referee scored a penalty. Luciano, who fights for the artillery of Brasileirão, but is not the team’s official hitter, went to the collection and saw goalkeeper Diego Loureiro do the defense, guaranteeing victory for the hosts.

DATA SHEET

BOTAFOGO 1 X 0 SÃO PAULO

Local: Engenhão, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Data: Monday, February 22, 2021

Time: 8:00 pm (from Brasilia)

Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado (Fifa-SC)

Assistants: Kleber Lucio Gil (Fifa-SC) and Éder Alexandre (SC)

WHERE: Rodrigo Dalonso Ferreira (SC)

Goal: Matheus Babi, at 12 of the 2nd Q (Botafogo)

Red card: Reinaldo (São Paulo)

Yellow cards: Igor Gomes, Bruno Alves, Léo, Hernanes (São Paulo); Rafael Navarro, Luiz Otávio, Bruno Nazário (Botafogo)

BOTAFOGO: Diego Loureiro; Kevin, Marcelo Benevenuto, Sousa and Hugo; Luiz Otávio, Kayque (Matheus Babi), Warley (Davi Araújo), Bruno Nazário (Cesinha) and Ênio; Rafael Navarro (Matheus Nascimento)

Technical: Lucio Flavio.

SAINT PAUL: Tiago Volpi; Juanfran (Igor Vinícius), Arboleda, Bruno Alves (Hernanes) and Reinaldo; Luan, Tchê Tchê, Gabriel Sara (Galeano) and Igor Gomes (Rojas); Toró (Léo) and Luciano.

Technical: Marcos Vizolli.