Danilo scores late as Botafogo beat Racing in Copa Sul-Americana | OneFootball

In a second-round Group E match of the Copa Sudamericana, Botafogo defeated Racing 3-2 this Wednesday. In Argentina, Danilo came off the bench to score the winning goal in second-half stoppage time.

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Group standings

With the result, Botafogo claimed its first win of the competition, moved to four points, and took over first place in Group E. Racing remains on three points in third place, one point behind Caracas, which beat Independiente Petrolero in Venezuela in a simultaneous match.

📋 Match summary

🔵⚪RACING 2 X 3 BOTAFOGO⚫⚪

🏆 Competition: Copa Sudamericana – Matchday 2 (Group E) 🏟️ Venue: Presidente Perón Stadium (El Cilindro), Avellaneda (ARG) 📅 Date: April 15, 2026 (Wednesday) ⏰ Time: 7 p.m. (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: Allan, Arthur Cabral and Mateo Ponte (Botafogo); Baltasar Rodríguez, Cannavo and Adrián Fernández (Racing) 🟥 Red cards: None

Goals

Officiating

🔵⚪Racing⚪🔵

Cambeses; Cannavo, Pardo, Colombo, Ignácio Rodríguez; Santiago Sosa, Baltasar Rodríguez (Zuculini), Gonzalo Sosa (Adrián Fernández), Martirena (Vergara); Martínez and Conechy (Solari).

Coach: Gustavo Costas

⚫⚪Botafogo⚪⚫

Neto; Mateo Ponte, Ferraresi, Barboza, Alex Telles (Caio Roque); Allan, Edenílson (Danilo), Medina; Matheus Martins (Barrera), Júnior Santos (Villalba) and Arthur Cabral (Kadir).

Coach: Franclim Carvalho

How the match unfolded

Just four minutes into the match, after Ignacio Rodríguez sent a free kick into the box, goalkeeper Neto came off his line poorly and Santiago Sosa rose to head Racing into the lead. In the 23rd minute, Arthur Cabral took advantage of a mistake by the Argentine defense, broke into the box, and slotted past goalkeeper Cambeses to equalize. 

Botafogo turned the match around in the 41st minute through Júnior Santos, who received a long ball from Alexander Barboza and had space to enter the box and score. In the 19th minute of the second half, Ezequiel Cannavo received a long pass and squared it to Adrián Martínez in the six-yard box to level the score for the Argentine side.

Late in the match, in the 48th minute, Kadir received the ball in the box and passed to Danilo to score Botafogo's winning goal.

Next matches

🔵⚪Racing⚪🔵

⚔️ Match: Aldosivi vs Racing 🏆 Competition: Argentine Championship – Matchday 14 (Apertura) 📅 Date: April 19, 2026 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 1:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 🏟️ Venue: José Maria Minella Stadium

⚫⚪Botafogo⚪⚫

⚔️ Match: Chapecoense vs Botafogo 🏆 Competition: Brasileirão Série A – Matchday 12 📅 Date: April 18, 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 🏟️ Venue: Arena Condá

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