After drawing 1-1 against Aurorafrom Bolivia, in the first leg of the second preliminary phase of the CONMEBOL Libertadoreso Botafogo welcomes the South American team this Wednesday (28), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at the Nilton Santos Stadium, with live broadcast on ESPN on Star+.
Glorioso no longer has coach Tiago Nunes, who left command of the team in recent days. Still without a new effective coach, Botafogo has been led by interim Fabio Matias. At the moment, the team is in 5th place in the Campeonato Carioca, with 17 points.
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Predictions for Botafogo x Aurora?
Ubiratan Leal: Botafogo 3 x 0 Aurora
Leonardo Bertozzi: Botafogo 3 x 0 Aurora
Gustavo Zupak: Botafogo 2 x 0 Aurora
Bruno Vicari: Botafogo 2 x 1 Aurora
Botafogo x Aurora lineups
The defender Barboza returned to training after suffering a broken nose in the first match against Aurora. The tendency is for him to take to the field as a starter in this Wednesday’s duel. On the other hand, the attacker Victor Sa was negotiated with the Krasnodarfrom Russia.
Botafogo’s likely lineup is: Gatito Fernández; Damián Suárez, Lucas Halter, Barboza and Hugo; Marlon Freitas, Danilo and Eduardo; Júnior Santos, Savarino and Tiquinho Soares.
Already the Aurora went to the field with the start with the following escalation: Akologo, Michelli, Luis Barboza, Amarilla; Ballivian, Didi Torrico, Alaniz, Darius Torrico, Jair Torrico; Reigns and Matthias Silvero.