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Botafogo Edges Out Carabobo FC in Thrilling Match in Valencia
Valencia, Venezuela – Botafogo secured a victory over Carabobo FC in a thrilling match at the Estadio Polideportivo Misael Delgado. The encounter, part of the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores group stage, ended with a 2-1 scoreline in favor of the Brazilian team.
Botafogo dominated possession (61%) and created more scoring chances (12 shots, 7 on target). Vitinho opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, while Cuiabano secured the win in added time (90th minute). Carabobo FC managed to pull one back through L. Aponte’s goal in the 76th minute. The match was intense, featuring 18 fouls and three yellow cards (two for Botafogo and one for Carabobo). Despite Botafogo’s dominance in shots on target (7 vs 6), Carabobo showed resilience, earning 8 corner kicks compared to Botafogo’s 2.
The victory puts Botafogo in a strong position in their Libertadores group.
Substitutions carabobo fc: at minute 67 C. I. Ramos Rodriguez came in and J. Perez went out., at minute 74 F. Londono came in and E. Tortolero went out., at minute 86 J. Congo came in and M. Nunez went out.
Substitutions botafogo: at minute 69 M. Ponte came in and Vitinho went out., at minute 69 Artur came in and Rwan Cruz went out., at minute 80 Nathan Fernandes came in and Alex Telles went out., at minute 80 Allan came in and Marlon Freitas went out., at minute 89 Elias Manoel came in and Jeffinho went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Carabobo FC
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