Brasileirão: Anselmi’s Botafogo off to a flying start with big win

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·30 gennaio 2026

Brasileirão: Anselmi’s Botafogo off to a flying start with big win

Martín Anselmi started the Brasileirão in great fashion: Botafogo, now under the guidance of the former FC Porto coach, won 4-0 away against Cruzeiro.

In the starting eleven for the team from Rio was another former FC Porto player – Alex Telles – who started the match and captained the team. Arthur Cabral, a former Benfica striker, was also in the starting lineup. On the «raposa» side, Tite, who succeeded Leonardo Jardim, began the Brazilian championship with a heavy defeat.

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Despite the nature of the rout, the goals only came in the second half. Danilo, a former Nottingham Forest midfielder, opened the scoring in the 48th minute and scored again in the 85th. Matheus Martins (76') and Artur (90+1') completed the result. With this 4-0 victory, Botafogo leads the Brasileirão after the first round, while Cruzeiro sits in 20th and last place.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.