📹 Botafogo lose to Barcelona de Guayaquil and crash out of the Libertadores | OneFootball

At the Nilton Santos Stadium, Botafogo lost to Barcelona de Guayaquil by 1-0 (first leg 1-1) and bid farewell to the Conmebol Libertadores in the third qualifying round – the last stage before the group phase.

Before the 10th minute of the match, the Ecuadorians opened the scoring with Milton Céliz, who struck beautifully from the edge of the box.

Very disorganized, the Glorioso barely threatened goalkeeper José Contreras in the first half.

After the break, Botafogo almost equalized with a beautiful free kick by Alex Telles, but Contreras made a flying save to send it out for a corner.

Lacking creativity, the team from Rio circled around Barcelona de Guayaquil’s box, but failed to create any real chances of danger.

The Ecuadorians, on the other hand, defended well and even managed to reach the attack at times, giving goalkeeper Léo Linck some work.

In a desperate push, Botafogo pressed in the final minutes and almost managed to equalize with a header from Arthur Cabral, who was unmarked in the box, but Contreras made the save.

With the final whistle, the Botafogo fans shouted, "Shame! Shame! Team without shame!"

🚦 What’s next

With their elimination in the third phase of the Libertadores, Botafogo will have to play in the Sudamericana, along with Atlético-MG, Grêmio, RB Bragantino, Santos, São Paulo, and Vasco.

The group stage draws for the Libertadores and the Sudamericana will take place on March 19, at the Conmebol headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.

The Glorioso will be back on the field next Saturday (14), when they host Flamengo at Nilton Santos, for the sixth round of the Brasileirão.

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