Botafogo and Fluminense play this Saturday night (20) the first classic Grandpa of the Brazilian Championship. Valid for the seventh round, the carioca duel can be worth the leadership of the competition, if Palmeiras does not beat Santos in the last game today. At the top of the table is Alvinegro, who has 15 points in the Brazilian Championship, while Tricolor, in third place, has 13. The match, starting at 6:30 pm at Estádio Nilton Santos, will be broadcast live on Rádio Nacional, with narration by André Luiz Mendes, comments by Waldir Luiz, reporting by Mauricio Costa and news duty with Bruno Mendes. Botafogo’s next game is against Fluminense, this Saturday, for the Brasileirão. 🔥⚽️ #VamosBOTAFOGOGuarantee your spot at Nilton Santos: https://t.co/VmMNMgRyIo pic.twitter.com/vxRWYdnxRc — Botafogo FR (@Botafogo) May 18, 2023 This Saturday’s Classic Grandpa (20) will be the 336th duel between the two teams since the first meeting: a friendly in 1905. Since then, there have been 123 defeats for the tricolors, against 109 for the alvinegros. In the last five games, two wins for each side, plus a draw. This season, Botafogo got the better of the rival, by 1 to 0, in the Carioca Championship. Leader of the Brasileirão, Botafogo wants to regain victory after defeats by Goiás by 2-1 in the last round and by Athletico Paranaense by 3-2 in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil – coincidentally, both comebacks . In recent games, coach Luis Castro has opted to rotate Fogão’s squad, and should follow this line for the classic. The players Matías Segovia, Danilo Barbosa, Rafael and Patrick de Paula, injured, are missing. Thus, General Severiano’s team must go to the field with: Lucas Perri; Di Plácido, Adryelson, Victor Cuesta and Marçal; Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê (Gabriel Pires) and Eduardo; Junior Santos, Tiquinho Soares and Victor Sá. The Maestro guy 🎩🪄📸: Marcelo Gonçalves/FFC pic.twitter.com/fDqlD2Jh8Y — Fluminense FC (@FluminenseFC) May 19, 2023 Tricolor is having a great time with coach Fernando Diniz. The team beat Cuiabá 2-0 in the last round and drew goalless at Fla-Flu for the Copa do Brasil on Tuesday (16). Among the doubts for tonight’s match are lateral Marcelo, who felt pain in his calf in the match against Flamengo, and midfielder Martinelli: recovered from injury, he returned to training with the team this week, but his lineup remains uncertain. The confirmed embezzlements are due to Alexsander, Gustavo Apis, Jorge, Keno, Marrony and Vitor Mendes. The tendency is for Diniz to start today’s match with Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Nino, Felipe Melo and Guga; André, Lima (Martinelli), Ganso and Gabriel Pirani; Jhon Arias and Germán Cano. * Collaboration of the intern Luiz Eduardo da Silva, under the supervision of Paulo Roberto Garritano Filho.
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