Botafogo beat Grêmio, close in on Brasileirão U17 top eight | OneFootball

Win over Grêmio moved Botafogo closer to the top 8 in the Brasileirão U-17Credits: Angelo Pieretti/Grêmio FBPA

Botafogo beat Grêmio 3-1 on Monday night (10) at Airton Ferreira da Silva, in Eldorado do Sul (RS), in the opening match of the 11th round of the Brasileirão U-17. The result, secured with goals from Bernardo Germano (2) and Gustavo Xisto (1), left Glorioso just one point behind América-MG, who sit in eighth place with 16 points.

The top eight teams in the standings will secure a place in the quarterfinals of the competition. To stay close to the qualification zone, the club from General Severiano will have to rely on slip-ups from Santos, who have 14 points, and Internacional and São Paulo, both on 13.

The team from Rio Grande do Sul, who pulled one back through Benjamin Santos, remained in 15th place and stayed on 10 points, but could be overtaken this round.

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Battle for the top spot

The race for first place is tight. Fluminense lead with 23 points. The gap to sixth place (Red Bull Bragantino), however, is only four points. Corinthians and Palmeiras have 22, while Athletico-PR and Cruzeiro have 20.

See the other matches of the 22nd round:

Tuesday (11)

Fluminense vs. Vitória - 3 p.m., at Marcelo Vieira, in Duque de Caxias (RJ)

Red Bull Bragantino vs. Santos - 3 p.m., at CPD Atibaia, in Atibaia (SP)

Internacional vs. Palmeiras - 3 p.m., at Morada dos Quero-Queros, in Alvorada (RS)

São Paulo vs. Vasco - 3 p.m., at José Liberatti, in Osasco (SP)

Juventude vs. Atlético-GO - 3 p.m., at CFAC Juventude, in Caxias do Sul (RS)

América-MG vs. Atlético-MG - 3 p.m., at Arena Urbsan, in Betim (MG)

Flamengo vs. Corinthians - 3:45 p.m., at Luso Brasileiro, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Wednesday (12)

Cruzeiro vs. Fortaleza - 3 p.m., at Toca da Raposa, in Belo Horizonte (MG)

Bahia vs. Athletico-PR - 3 p.m., at CT Evaristo de Macedo, in Dias D'Ávila (BA)

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