📹 São Paulo beat Botafogo, close in on G-6 in Brasileirão | OneFootball

This Sunday (14), São Paulo defeated Botafogo 1-0 at MorumBIS, in the 23rd round of the Brasileirão.

While the Glorioso was looking to recover from their elimination in the Copa do Brasil midweek, the Tricolor Paulista needed to get back to winning ways after their defeat to Cruzeiro before the FIFA break.

And the objective started to be achieved before the ten-minute mark, when Dinenno took advantage of a cross from the left to get ahead of the goalkeeper and open the scoring.

The Argentine striker was very emotional about his first goal after a serious injury, back in his Cruzeiro days.

The second goal almost came from an Enzo Díaz free kick, but the ball just smashed against the post.

Botafogo, meanwhile, not only struggled to create and finish plays, but also lost goalkeeper Neto in stoppage time of the first half.

After the break, Tapia found the back of the net for the black-and-whites, but the goal was disallowed for offside in the play.

The Glorioso threatened to apply some pressure in search of an equalizer, but passing errors made the task even harder for the team from Rio.

Finally, in the last minute of regular time, Rigoni took advantage of a poor back pass from Vitinho, raced forward unmarked, shot across goal, but hit the post.

🚦 How things stand

With the win, São Paulo reached the same 35 points as Botafogo, but the team from Rio remained in sixth place, with the team from São Paulo just below, due to the number of wins (10 x 9).

The Tricolor Paulista returns to the field next Thursday (18), when they visit LDU in Ecuador, for the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals.

The Glorioso, in turn, plays on Wednesday (17), when they host Mirassol at Estádio Nilton Santos, in a rescheduled Brasileirão match.

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