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Botafogo and Palmeiras deliver a thrilling encounter at Allianz Parque
Botafogo visited Allianz Parque to face Palmeiras in a vibrant Round of 16 match of the CONMEBOL Libertadores. The first half was intense but lacked clear scoring chances. The second half was a completely different story, with both teams constantly searching for the win.
Botafogo came out of the break with high energy, translating into two goals that put them in the lead. The first came in the 56th minute through I. da Cruz, who took advantage of a pass from J. Savarino to open the scoring. The second goal arrived in the 64th minute, on a shot by J. Savarino assisted by Matheus Martins.
Palmeiras reacted and started pressing hard. Finally, they scored a goal in the 86th minute through Flaco Lopez, assisted by Gabriel Menino. Shortly after, Rony scored the second for the home team in the 90th minute, assisted by A. Moreno. However, VAR disallowed a goal by Gustavo Gómez for handball in the previous action.
Despite the result, Botafogo was more effective in attack and achieved a hard-fought victory in a match filled with emotions. The visiting team accumulated 8 shots (2 on target) while Palmeiras had 24 (6 on target). In terms of ball possession, Palmeiras controlled the match with 65% against Botafogo’s 35%.
The match was marked by the discipline of the teams, with a total of 21 fouls and 5 yellow cards.
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Substitutions palmeiras: at minute 46 Lazaro came in and Felipe Anderson went out., at minute 61 Rony came in and R. Rios went out., at minute 61 Gabriel Menino came in and Marcos Rocha went out., at minute 68 A. Moreno came in and Ze Rafael went out., at minute 87 Mauricio came in and Raphael Veiga went out.
Substitutions botafogo: at minute 46 Matheus Martins came in and Luiz Henrique went out., at minute 61 Hugo came in and Cuiabano went out., at minute 61 Tiquinho Soares came in and I. da Cruz went out., at minute 68 Tche Tche came in and T. Almada went out., at minute 74 Danilo Barbosa came in and Gregore went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Palmeiras
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