Palmeiras, led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, achieved its first victory on Thursday in the 2023 Copa Libertadores by beating Cerro Porteño 2-1, as did Botafogo, led by Luís Castro, in the Taça Sul-Americana.
In São Paulo, on the second day of Group C, the Paraguayan team won 1-0 at halftime, thanks to a goal by Damián Bobadilla, in the fifth minute, but the Brazilian champions turned the score around in the second. half, with goals from Gustavo Gómez, in 64, and Rafael Navarro, in 76.
Palmeiras, who won the top South American club competition in 2020 and 2021, under the command of Abel Ferreira, had lost 3-1 in their debut in Bolívar, and occupied the fourth and last place in the group, in which all The teams have three points, as the Bolivians were now beaten 2-1 in Ecuador by local Barcelona.
On the second day of the Copa Sudamericana, Botafogo thrashed César Vallejo’s Peruvian team 4-0, with goals from Víctor Sá (minute 14), Tiquinho Soares, former FC Porto player (45+3, from a great penalty) , Carlos Eduardo (57) and Tchê Tchê (73, also from a penalty).
The Brazilian team was isolated in the second position of ‘poule’ A, two points behind the leader, the Ecuadorians of Liga de Quito, and with a three point advantage over Magallanes’s Chileans and four points over César Vallejo, who finished the match played in Rio de Janeiro was reduced to nine players due to the expulsions of Anderson Villacorta (45 minutes) and Renzo Garcês (72).
Source: TSF
