The historic Peñarol lived a nightmare night in Rio de Janeiro. Corresponding to the first leg of the second semifinal bracket of the most prestigious competition on the continent at the club level, ‘Manya’ from Uruguay collapsed on its visit to the leader of the Brasileirao after playing 50 decent minutes, which were not enough.
Playing the role of visitor at the Nilton Santos stadium, the five-time champion of America proposed a game of equals to ‘Fogao’ in the first half. However, the catastrophe for those from Montevideo would come in the second half.
In just eight minutes Botafogo would score three goals, leaving their rival without reaction to play at their leisure in front of their fans.
After this flurry of goals, Luis Henrique in the 73rd and Igor Jesús would be in charge of sentencing the overwhelming victory for the Brazilian team, which will define the key to the Champion of the Century with a quite comfortable advantage.
AURORA AND PEÑAROL
Wednesday’s resounding victory against Peñarol is Botafogo’s second biggest victory in the entire history of the Copa Libertadores, only behind the 6-0 against Aurora in phase 2 of the current edition of the championship.
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