Botafogo and Universitario faced each other at Nilton SantosAFP
Published 04/24/2024 22:19
Rio – The victory over Universitario, this Wednesday, at Nilton Santos, was a cause for celebration for coach Artur Jorge. The Portuguese praised the 3-1 result and also the performance of Botafogo, who got their first points in the group stage of the Libertadores.
“We had a false start in the group stage, it was important to win today. I’m very happy to win my first Libertadores game in a year in which I won Champions League games. From a personal point of view, it’s extraordinary. But at this moment the important thing was to have We won three points very fairly. It wasn’t just winning for the sake of winning, we won with a good performance,” he said.
Artur Jorge also commented on the injury to Tiquinho Soares, who left the match just seven minutes into the first half, feeling pain in his right leg.
“At this moment, what can be said about Tiquinho is that he is quite a casualty. If it is confirmed, and I say this because I await the clinical result. We did, by choice, replace Bastos, because he was worn out and showing fatigue. I wanted to continue , but we realized it was more prudent to take him out of the game,” he said.
