Botafogo 0-1 Mineiro: Zaracho strike earns Mineiro maximum points

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Atl. Mineiro strolled past Botafogo with a 1-0 win on Monday at Nilton Santos. Botafogo were hoping to get something from this game, following a previous defeat to Cuiaba. Mineiro, on the other hand, had managed to pick up a single point in their matchup with São Paulo. As the table looks today, Botafogo are currently 10th with 21 points from 17 matches, while Mineiro sit in 1st, with 31 points from 17.

After an uneventful first half, Whatever was said in the dressing room at half time, seemed to have a positive effect on Mineiro who started the second half well, when Matias Zaracho found the net, 55 minutes in. They managed to see the match out with a clean sheet and a final score of 1-0.

Substitutions for Botafogo included Jefferson Ruan Pereira dos Santos, Lucas Mezenga, Romildo, Matheus Nascimento and Lucas Piazon for Gustavo Sauer, Douglas Borges, Luis Felipe Oyama, Erison Danilo de Souza and Vinicius Lopes, repectively. Mineiro brought on Nathan, Otavio, Ademir, Keno and Rever, to replace Igor Rabello, Jair, Eduardo Vargas, Ignacio Fernandez and Matias Zaracho.

There were bookings for Tche Tche, Diego Goncalves, Romildo and Lucas Mezenga from Botafogo, and Igor Rabello, Allan and Mariano, for Mineiro.

Next up, Botafogo are away to Santos FC, whilst Mineiro will travel to face Cuiaba.

Technical card:
Botafogo:Douglas Borges (Lucas Mezenga, min.61), Renzo Saravia, Kanu, Philipe Sampaio, Diego Goncalves, Gustavo Sauer (Jefferson Ruan Pereira dos Santos, min.57), Lucas Fernandes, Luis Felipe Oyama (Romildo, min.75), Tche Tche, Vinicius Lopes (Lucas Piazon, min.75) and Erison Danilo de Souza (Matheus Nascimento, min.75)
Atl. Mineiro:Everson, Mariano, Junior Alonso, Igor Rabello (Nathan, min.60), Guilherme Arana, Matias Zaracho (Rever, min.90), Ignacio Fernandez (Keno, min.71), Allan, Jair (Otavio, min.60), Eduardo Vargas (Ademir, min.60) and Hulk
Stadium:Nilton Santos
Goals:Matias Zaracho (0-1, min. 55)
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