Botafogo wins the first goal of Paulistão and sinks São Caetano with two penalties

Botafogo wins the first victory of the Paulista championship and complicates São Caetano in the direct fight against relegation. In a match that ended Tuesday in the fifth round at the Santa Cruz de Ribeirão Preto stadium, the home team won 3-0 with two goals from center-forward Bruno Moraes and one of the Diones

After the victory, Botafogo reached the four points and left the relegation zone, which is now formed of São Bento with two points and São Caetano himself with three points.

The Ribeirão Preto team is in the light of Group D, which still leads Sao Paulo, with nine points, Ituano, with seven, and West, with six. Santos (12), Red Bull Brazil (8) and Ponte Preta (5).

The first leg on Tuesday explained why both teams are among the worst in the group. Football With a lot of bad pbades and few dribbles, the goalkeepers practically did not work and what was seen was a scoreless draw and a fierce midfield challenge.

The best odds were created on stopped plays, as in the corner, the defender Plínio, of the Botafogo, was heading out. Sao Caetano replied by scoring an incredible goal lost by Minho, free in the small area, but the game was stopped by the striker's offside position.

The game only won the emotion in the second stage. After seven minutes, Felipe Saraiva made a nice move inside the surface and stopped only in Esley 's absence.

At the age of 25, Pimentinha invaded the surface and was overthrown by Capa. The referee scored the second penalty for the goalkeeper. Botafogo. Bruno Moraes was reconverted and badured the first victory of the Ribeirão Preto team in 2019. Moreover, it was still time for Diones to use the center-right center of Marlon Freitas and to score the third goal of the match, thereby closing the scoreboard

. return to the field next weekend, for the sixth round of the Paulista championship. Saturday, São Caetano receives the West at Anacleto Campanella, in São Caetano do Sul. On Sunday, Botafogo goes to the Golden Earring in Campinas to face the Guarani

TECHNICAL DATA: 19659002] BOTAFOGO 3 X 0 SÃ CAETANO

BOTAFOGO – Rodrigo Viana; Lucas Mendes, Ednei, Plínio and Pará; Willian Oliveira, Evandro and Renan Oliveira (Diones); Pepper (Marlon Freitas), Felipe Saraiva (Nadson) and Bruno Moraes. Technician: Leo Condé.

SÃO CAETANO – Jacsson; Esley, Joecio, Carlos Henrique and Capa; Ferreira (Pablo), Vinicius Kiss, Vitinho (Rafael Marques) and Diego Rosa (Italo); Minho and Gleyson. Bruno Moraes, aged 7 and 25, and Diones, 46 minutes from the second half

Painted. ] Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral