📝Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo: A show by Cássio Ramos and pair of goals | OneFootball

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Brendan Doherty·19 July 2018

📝Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo: A show by Cássio Ramos and pair of goals

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Beautiful goals from Rodriguinho Marinho and Ángel Romero won the match 2-0 for Corinthians, taking them closer to Copa Libertadores qualification.

In their return to league play after the World Cup break, Timão gave their supporters in the Itaquera district of São Paulo something to cheer about. Beyond the spectacular goals from Rodriguinho and Romero, the team got an inspired performance by goalkeeper Cássio.


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Just three minutes into the match, Rodriguinho unleashed a strike from the edge of the box. The effort beat Jefferson into the corner of Botafogo’s net to open the scoring for Corinthians.

Botafogo mustered a response in the 11th minute but Igor Rabello headed over the crossbar. After the quick Corinthians goal, the contest settled into a midfield slog with neither team creating much.

The visitors pressed the issue more in the second half. Botafogo fired off 24 total shots, eight of which were on frame, but they couldn’t not force a break-through. Rodrigo Pimpão forced Cássio into a quality save nine minutes into the second half.

Romero beat Botafogo’s goalkeeper in the 76th minute to double the home side’s lead. With the two-goal lead, Cássio was again called into action after full-back Gilson hit a strong shot from distance.

The result puts Corinthians on 19 points and move the team into seventh place. Botafogo, on the other hand remain on 17 points.