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Commentary

4¹ A cross from LODEIRO left JUAN in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 7¹ GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by the Botafogo 'keeper, ALEXANDRE PATO was first to the loose ball and played the ball to KOKE to slip in. (1-0 Estudiantes (LP)) 13¹ A strike from LEANDRINHO held little difficulty for RULLI. 21¹ The 'keeper stopped a refined shot from BRAÑA. 26¹ DIEGO booked for a high foul on LEANDRINHO. 26¹ MICHEL BASTOS floated the ball to MARQUINHOS who nodded it inches over. 30¹ GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled ALEXANDRE PATO to run through the Botafogo defence and score. (2-0 Estudiantes (LP)) 31¹ A good effort from ZAPATA scraped the woodwork. 36¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in LODEIRO knocking a low shot wide. 41¹ A high tackle gets GAGO a yellow card. 43¹ A header from LODEIRO was hoofed off the line by OBBADI. 0² ALEXANDRE PATO was put clear by ZAPATA and he nutmegged JÉFFERSON but drilled his shot inches over. 3² ALEXANDRE PATO beat four Botafogo players and slammed a golden opportunity over. 8² GOAL!! A short backpass by DESÁBATO enabled LODEIRO to nip in and flick the ball past RULLI. (2-1 Estudiantes (LP)) 13² A free-kick from FERNÁNDEZ flew over. 15² GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from ALEXANDRE PATO rattled the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by BRAÑA. (3-1 Estudiantes (LP)) 17² GAGO made space on the left and knocked the ball to BRAÑA who clipped the ball wide. 22² JUAN whacked a right foot shot just wide from long range. 24² LODEIRO fired the ball through a crowd of players but RULLI was a match for it as he dived to his right. 36² PASALIC booted the ball wide from just inside the area. 38² A weak strike from LODEIRO bounced agonisingly wide. 44² The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from FABINHO dropped just over.

Botafogo   League position: 18 Home league form: WOWL Overall league form: WOLWLXLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups JÉFFERSON de Oliveira 5½ 1 6½ Gerónimo RULLI (c)RAFINHA 7½ 2 7½ Federico FERNÁNDEZ JUAN Guilherme 6½ 3 7  Jonathan SILVA FABINHO 7½ 4 6½ DIEGO Ribas MARQUINHOS 6½ 5 6  Leandro DESÁBATO(c) MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES 7  6 6  Mounir OBBADI LEANDRINHO 6½ 7 6½ Fernando GAGO Nicolás LODEIRO 7  8 6½ KOKE (p)VINÍCIUS Vasconcelos ARAÚJO 6½ 9 5½ Duván ZAPATA(p) (f)MICHEL Fernandes BASTOS 6½ 10 7  Rodrigo BRAÑA(f) VITINHO 6½ 11 6  ALEXANDRE PATO Manager GILBERTO Moraes    12    Eduardo SALVIO RENAN dos Santos    13    DIEGO Cavalieri RODRIGO CAIO Coquette    14    José REINA DANTE Bonfim    15    Jonathan SCHUNKE Mario PASALIC 6  16    Alessio INNOCENTI

Estudiantes (LP)   League position: 7 Away league form: XWWX Overall league form: LXWWWXXW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Botafogo 1 Estudiantes (LP) 3 (Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 43,827, Stadium: Engenhão, Referee: Pieter Vink 7½) Lodeiro 8² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Koke 7¹, Alexandre Pato 30¹, Braña 15² Michel BastosóPasalic 24²         Diego 26¹, Gago 41¹ 3 4 17 16 3 9 7 5 7 8 14 13 6 2 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Federico Fernández ¶