BUENOS AIRES, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Botafogo went into the Copa Libertadores semi-finals with a 5-0 win on the ground against Peñarol on Wednesday, just one step after his first definition of the club’s most important goal de Sudamérica.

Venezuelan Jefferson Savarino was a double, while Argentinian Alexander Barboza, Luiz Henrique and Igor Jesus finished the game for a second time as the Brazilian club left their rivals.

“We are happy with this victory in Victoria 5-0, but I am very focused, with the cake in Suelo, because the 5-0 was also very difficult,” Barboza said of the game.

During his confrontation at the Nilton Santos Stadium in the city of Río de Janeiro, Peñarol set up a match and match game during the first season, with different opportunities that the encounter with John offered him.

On the second day, Botafogo was irresistible since the opening of the marker, returning for 51 minutes between a crusade of Savarino and the assistant of Luiz Henrique.

At the age of 55, Barboza reinforced the encounter with a gold balcony in the area over a quarter century. A few minutes later, Savarino achieved the double through a center from Vitinho after leaving the sector.

The connection, led by the Portuguese Artur Jorge, ended the journey with a spectacular definition by Luiz Enrique in front of the Washington Aguerre and a recall by Igor Jesús in minutes 73 and 79 respectively.

Botafogo is aiming for the Libertadores’ first final, controversial on November 30 at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires.

The rematch will take place next week at the Campeon del Siglo stadium in the city of Montevideo in Uruguay.

“It’s a common thread. We can’t wait, but there is no difference. An indecisive time. Control the participation in the first time, but in the second round I join the goal of the Goles product. I will become adelante later,” Peñarol DT Diego Aguirre said in the press. (Reporting by Ramiro Scandolo; edited in Spanish by Tomás Cobos)

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