The brand new European champion, the PSGhe succumbed this Thursday to an unstoppable Botafogo, Champion of the Copa Libertadores of 2024, who proved to live up to one of the favorite teams to win the Club World Cup. A goal in the 36th minute of the striker Igor Jesusafter receiving a long pass from the center of the countryside, he sentenced the victory for those led by Renato Paiva over Luis Enrique's, in a group B meeting played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (California, United States).
Botafogo He took the size in the first part of the meeting, generating several occasions and making it difficult for the European monarchs, who lent themselves as a favorite to impose themselves in this meeting. The Rio de Janeiro lonely star club planted him with the domain of the ball to the Galo club, in a match in which both rivals exerted pressure on the ground in the opposite areas.
In one of these offensive onslaught, Igor Jesus He received a ball from the middle court by the Venezuelan Jefferson Savarinoand only had to touch it to overcome the resistance of Gianluigi Donnarumma. The advantage of the Botafogo enraged the PSG, which initiated a more aggressive offensive and stood in locking themselves in the rival area in search of the tie, but they lacked aim.
The same game tonic was repeated in the second part, which forced Luis Enrique to reinforce the Parisian ranks with JOAO NEVES, Nuno Mendes and the Spanish Fabián Ruiz. However, fresh legs were not synonymous with a new dynamic: the encounter continued to play without luck for the PSG, which insisted and insisted that it should mark.
The more than 53,000 attendees of this duel lived some anguishing six minutes of extra time in which the Parisian squad tried to scratch the tables until the last sigh. Botafogo's victory puts continuity in the PSG tournamentwhich is now forced to beat Seattle Sounders on Monday 23 to spend in Group B.
The pressure also increases over the Atlético de Madridwhich will be measured before an undefeated Botafogo on June 23, in his last chance to get the pass to the next phase of the tournament. The rojiblancos They must win the Brazilian painting for three goals or more if they want to move to the eighths. Everything that is not a triumph for three goals or more difference would leave out to Simeone, as long as the PSG complies with what is expected and win the Seattle Sounders.
