Arthur Cabral misses sitter as Botafogo crash out (video) | OneFootball

Botafogo were eliminated in the early hours of this Friday in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana by Peru’s Cienciano, in a match marked by an unbelievable miss from former Benfica striker Arthur Cabral.

After the crushing 6-1 defeat at the Peruvians’ ground, the Brazilian side even scored as early as the eighth minute in the home match, the first since the dismissal of coach Franclim Carvalho, the former Braga and B SAD manager.

The scorer was Danilo Pereira, who shortly afterwards, in the 24th minute, found himself unmarked in the box and chipped the ball over the goalkeeper, but Arthur Cabral was unable to apply the finishing touch into the net, which then gave a visiting player the chance to clear the ball off the line.

The Brazilian striker has been one of the main targets of the fans’ criticism during this troubled period for the team, not least because he has now gone nine matches without scoring, and he was sent off at the end of the match against Vitória, Franclim Carvalho’s last game at the Rio club.

This year, wearing the Botafogo shirt, Arthur Cabral – valued at €9 million – has already made 39 appearances: 19 in the Brasileirão, seven in the Copa Sudamericana, five in the Campeonato Carioca, three in the Libertadores and two in the Copa do Brasil. In 2,515 minutes on the pitch, the forward has scored nine goals and provided two assists.

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