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4¹ RONALDINHO was put clear by LEANDRINHO and he raced past the 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the far post. 5¹ DOS SANTOS beat JUAN and drilled the ball to PERALTA who blasted his effort wide. 7¹ A cross from PAULINHO left FABINHO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. 9¹ SALCEDO beat two Botafogo players and slammed an effort just wide. 17¹ A corner bobbled toward VITINHO who flicked an effort inches wide. 20¹ GOAL!! JUAN tried to play the ball out of the Botafogo penalty area but was tackled by DOS SANTOS who touched the ball to RODRÍGUEZ for a simple tap in. (1-0 América) 25¹ ALDRETE pulled away from PAULINHO but hit the ball into the arms of the Botafogo 'keeper. 26¹ The América 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Botafogo's VITINHO. 31¹ VITINHO stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post. 34¹ The América 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from FABINHO. 35¹ GOAL!! REYES made space for RODRÍGUEZ who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, glanced the ball past the Botafogo 'keeper. (2-0 América) 36¹ A clever cross from PAULINHO was knocked goalbound by VINÍCIUS ARAÚJO only for MARCHESÍN to block. 44¹ GOAL!! A long ball from RAFINHA had the América defence back-pedalling and VITINHO made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (2-1 América) 3² An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of MARCHESÍN by VITINHO. 7² A fine ball from FABINHO on the left found RONALDINHO who sliced his shot just wide. 21² IAGO ran onto a great ball from ATSU but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post. 26² GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to DOS SANTOS who blasted the ball into the net. (3-1 América) 27² RONALDINHO made space on the left and pulled the ball to VINÍCIUS ARAÚJO who rasped the ball over. 34² A twenty-five yard drive from IAGO caused JÉFFERSON no problem. 38² PERALTA fired the ball through a crowd of players but JÉFFERSON was a match for it as he dived to his right. 42² GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled RODRÍGUEZ to run through the Botafogo defence and score. (4-1 América) 45² GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to América, after RAFINHA had fouled DOS SANTOS which PERALTA comfortably converted. (5-1 América)

América   League position: 7 Home league form: WLXL Overall league form: WWWLWXLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Agustín MARCHESÍN 7  1 7  JÉFFERSON de Oliveira Carlos SALCEDO 4½ 2 6  RAFINHA Adrián ALDRETE 7  3 7  JUAN Guilherme Marco MARCHIONNI 7  4 7½ PAULINHO Diego REYES 7  5 7  MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES Martín CÁCERES 7½ 6 6½ DANTE Bonfim Jonathan DOS SANTOS 7½ 7 5½ LEANDRINHO James RODRÍGUEZ 8  8 6½ VITINHO (p)Oribe PERALTA 7½ 9 6  VINÍCIUS Vasconcelos ARAÚJO(p) (f)Christian ATSU 5½ 10 7  FABINHO(f) (c)IAGO Aspas 6  11 6  RONALDINHO(c) Manager Silvio ROMERO    12    BRUNO Pereira MENDES Salvatore SIRIGU    13    RENAN dos Santos Efraín JUÁREZ    14    Nicolás LODEIRO Antonio LÓPEZ    15    RODRIGO CAIO Coquette Yani URDINOV 8½ 16    GILBERTO Moraes

Botafogo   League position: 13 Away league form: LXWW Overall league form: WWWLLXLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

América 5 Botafogo 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 36,655, Stadium: Azteca, Referee: Valeri Onufer 6) Rodríguez 20¹, Rodríguez 35¹, Dos Santos 26², Rodríguez 42², Peralta 45² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Vitinho 44¹ SalcedoóUrdinov 14²           2 0 8 12 4 1 11 8 8 9 19 17 6 5 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Yani Urdinov ¶