This Wednesday (30), Botafogo travels to Argentina to face Defensa y Justicia in the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana. In the first leg, Botafogo fans booed the coach, Bruno Lage, for preserving some starters for the match against Bahia in the Brazilian Championship.
In the first match between the teams, played at the Nilton Santos stadium, there was a 1-1 draw, which forces Botafogo to win in normal time in the return match in Argentina (or in a penalty shootout) to advance to the semi-finals.
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Location and how to watch:
- Date: 08/30/2023
- Time: 7pm
- Location: Florencio Sola Stadium (Argentina)
- Where to watch: Paramount+
- First leg: Botafogo 1 x 1 Defensa y Justicia
Probable team lineups
DEFENSE AND JUSTICE
Bologna; Sant'Anna, Malatini, Cardona and Soto; Tripicchio, Gutiérrez and Barbona; Solari, Fernández and Togni
Technician: Julio Vaccari
BOTAFOGO Kitten Fernandez, Di Placido, Philipe Sampaio, Cuesta, Hugo, Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê, Lucas Fernandez (Eduardo), Luis Henrique, Victor Sá and Janderson (Diego Costa).
Technician: Bruno Lage
The Portuguese coach is certain to miss center forward Tiquinho Soares, who is still recovering from a strained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, suffered on August 6 against Cruzeiro. The number 9 has a good chance of returning for the derby against Flamengo.
The winner of the duel between Defensa y Justicia and Botafogo will face the winner of the match between São Paulo and LDU. In the first match, the Ecuadorians won in Quito by 2-1. The score does not reflect what the game was like, as the Ecuadorian team crushed the team coached by Dorival Junior. On Thursday, more than 50 thousand fans are expected to support Tricolor in another game that will require a reversal of the result.
Botafogo's next game is on Saturday against Flamengo. Even though they are in a bad phase, Flamengo has great players and is still trying to make a difference and maybe even win the title. Playing at home, the black and white team is undefeated, with eleven wins in eleven games. The team has scored 26 goals and conceded only three.
Botafogo has already achieved the best campaign in the history of the first round and is looking for the long-awaited title that has not come since 1995. In 21 games, the Glorious won 16 matches, drew three, lost only two, totaling an incredible 51 points.
