In the debut of Portuguese coach Artur Jorge, Botafogo was defeated 1-0 by LDUin Quito, this Thursday (11), and is in a complicated situation in group D of the Copa Libertadores da América.
The Ecuadorians’ winning goal came at the beginning of the game, in the 3rd minute, and was scored by Lisandro Alzugaray.
With the defeat, the second in two games, Botafogo finds itself at the bottom of group D, four points from the classification zone, which has Junior Barranquilla and Universitario-PER tied with four points.
In other words, the Rio team will have the obligation to beat Universitario, in the third round, to continue with a good chance of fighting for classification. The match will be on April 24, at the Nilton Santos stadium. Before that, the team debuts against Cruzeiro in the Brasileirão, Sunday (14).
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Inattentive and bad Botafogo
On his debut, Artur Jorge fielded four attackers. The strategy outlined by the Portuguese, in his first time at altitude, soon collapsed thanks to defensive inattention.
In a throw-in in the area in the fourth minute, Estrada and Arce participated in the play until the ball reached Alzugaray, who shot under Gatito: 1-0!
More could fit
From then on, the game was largely dominated by LDU. The Ecuadorian team expanded, at 24, with Estrada, but the offside was flagged after a VAR review.
Due to the hesitations of Halter and Hugo and the hesitation of Gatito Fernández, the League created several chances, but wasted them, going into the break with the minimum advantage.
No more goals in Quito
For the second stage, Artur Jorge replaced Tchê Tchê with Danilo Barbosa. With the front men closer, Botafogo even came back better. At eight, in a move with the participation of Luiz Henrique and Jeffinho, Júnior Santos invaded the area and released the bomb, and the shot went over Alexander Domínguez’s goal.
Alcácer also changed the LDU team, which continued to find spaces. Jhojan Julio, one of the athletes involved, gave the black and white defense a hard time.
From the 30s onwards, the League started to manage the result. Artur Jorge looked for alternatives, replacing the two full-backs with midfielders Gregore and Raí. The score persisted.
LDU 1 x 0 Botafogo
LSU: Alexander Dominguez; Quintero, Adé, Rodríguez and Quiñónez; Piovi, Angulo (Villamil) and Alzugaray (Daykol Romero); Estupiñán (Jhojan Julio), Estrada (Sebástian González) and Alex Arce. Technician: Josep Alcácer.
Botafogo: Gatito Fernández; Mateo Ponte (Gregore), Lucas Halter, Alexander Barboza and Hugo (Raí); Danilo Barbosa (Tchê Tchê), Marlon Freitas, Luiz Henrique (Matheus Nascimento) and Jeffinho (Óscar Romero); Júnior Santos and Tiquinho Soares. Coach: Artur Jorge.
Goals: Alzugaray (4’/1ºT), from LDU.
Yellow card: Rodríguez, Villamil and Jhojan Julio (LDU).
Red card: There wasn’t.
Reason: Second round of Group D of the Libertadores.
Date and time: April 10, 2024, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time).
Local: Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ).
Referee: Andrew Matonte (URU).
Assistants: Martin Soppi (URU) and Andrew Nievas (URU).
WAS: Andrés Cunha (URU).
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This content was originally created in Itatiaia.
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