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00:00And away we go.
00:10League leaders in Brazil, Botafogo, Sampaolo in fifth.
00:17That counts for nothing right now.
00:21This should be a really fascinating night, John.
00:23I think if you are Botafogo, you've got to come out here tonight and not kill the tie.
00:29You've really got to be thinking this is an opportunity to win the game and go to Sampaolo
00:34next week with a healthy lead on their way to the semi-final.
00:38A footrace, easy claim for John, a giant keeper, 1.96m for one of his centres, an international.
00:48Here come Botafogo, just finding the spaces.
00:52Luiz Henrique favours that left foot of his, jinks his way through, clever little back
00:56heel from him, Botafogo, so, so close to the opener.
01:04Almada in the end with the finish, the Argentine, well that was sweet.
01:10Comes to him quickly, John.
01:11You know, I think he's got to do a little bit better, a player of his quality, yes,
01:15it's zipped into his feet, he's got to kind of sort his feet out here, you can see, but
01:19nonetheless with his instep.
01:20If he can get a nil-nil tonight, they'll say it's absolutely worth it.
01:25But as you've been saying, it can go pear-shaped very, very quickly, and those seconds they've
01:31gained, Manu Vicino, away, drills it across the area.
01:36Vicino's causing all sorts of problems down his right-hand flank.
01:41Skins Wellington with ease.
01:43That needed a touch from either shirt and it might have just pinged into the back of
01:48the net.
01:54Get it closer though, aren't they?
01:57Either side playing a really high press, but that's nicely won.
02:04And a second bite of a cherry perhaps, in fights, and a tag, that's good defending.
02:14The option to go short.
02:18Straight down the centre, it sails over the net.
02:23Pastos.
02:25Every set-piece that Samphala survived, a little bit of additional confidence, John.
02:3027 minutes in and a couple of glimmers, haven't they?
02:35Makes him a little bit easier to defend against.
02:43Right in front of the assistants, going to be our first card of the night.
02:49I'd like to see that one again, John.
02:51Hasn't been a really dirty game, has it?
02:53He's a bit frustrated with himself more than anything.
02:56Yeah, when the studs go over the opposition boot like that.
02:59Always asking the referee to make a decision.
03:02Again, the right, it's hardly, the foot wasn't really raised.
03:07It's almost scraped.
03:08If you like your defensive-minded football, Samphala are the ones for you at the moment.
03:16Luis Zanjiki.
03:18Plays it off to his left.
03:20Now, what can Boccefogo do here?
03:22There's the ancestor of the woodwork!
03:24And the follow-up goes wide!
03:28Play-off from Luis Zanjiki.
03:34I mean, Igor Jesus on the follow-up.
03:37Just couldn't keep it down, could he?
03:46And this is the up-chance again!
03:49Another time off the crossbar.
03:53What have they got to do to score?
03:55Boccefogo, the flag has come up.
03:58Our official not really helping this time.
04:06I think they were right.
04:07Those aerial deliveries have been dealt with by Samphala.
04:10Maybe Boccefogo playing the percentages.
04:13Maybe Boccefogo playing the percentages.
04:16Better on the floor.
04:18Squeezed in!
04:19Just wide!
04:22Igor Jesus again.
04:28Couldn't quite get the angle.
04:37Spot on there, John.
04:38I mean, how much better do Boccefogo look
04:40when they start to play those little triangles
04:42in and around the penalty area?
04:43That's where Samphala can't deal with them.
04:45Just unstitch that line.
04:47You can see exactly what...
04:49Now William.
04:53Caleri again just has it nicked away.
04:55Now spaces down that left-hand channel.
04:59Defenders backing off.
05:01And this one's dinked in, but wide yet again.
05:04Amada causing all sorts of problems.
05:07From that perspective, I think Samphala have got to be a bit cleverer.
05:09They've got to know what's coming here.
05:12Amada, I think you've just got to test the goalkeeper.
05:15You know, too many of these tonight so far for Boccefogo
05:19where it's not a bad effort on goal,
05:21but you've got to ask the question of the goalkeeper.
05:27Maybe that's what's required.
05:28Get more bodies forward from the back.
05:31Can't afford to be too exposed, though.
05:33Vicino again.
05:35That's clever.
05:38And it sails well off a target.
05:40That was a golden chance.
05:45Blazed over, but these are the opportunities
05:47where Samphala have been very fortunate
05:49and Boccefogo really have to hit the target.
05:51He's eight yards out.
05:52You've got to make the goalkeeper work.
05:53I'm not saying you have to score from that position
05:55on your weaker foot, but you just...
05:58Ungainly at times.
05:59Almost a yard off the pace.
06:01Well, it was a ripple of applause
06:03around the Nilton Santos.
06:07Interesting first half of football for Boccefogo
06:10with several opportunities,
06:12but just couldn't put it in the back of the net
06:14and then it was very slow.
06:17Away we go here then.
06:18Boccefogo in their black and white shirts.
06:20Samphala in white, red and black
06:22with Riccolo Paolista scoreless.
06:24Boccefogo, can we say, really,
06:26really, really, really good?
06:28Paolista scoreless.
06:29Boccefogo, can we say, running the show
06:31in the first half?
06:34Yeah, I think they did run the show, John.
06:36I think they dominated.
06:38Looking very comfortable.
06:39It's going to be Alex Tellez
06:41with the delivery.
06:43Curls it in.
06:45Momentarity causes problems
06:46and again from close range it heads over.
06:50Barboza at the Argentine.
06:52The corner for Boccefogo.
06:58Pichinho.
07:00Drills it in low.
07:02That's a mistake.
07:04A chance here.
07:05Luiz Henrique again
07:06picks his way through
07:07and as they did in the first half
07:09they get a shot on target.
07:11It's only their second.
07:12It means there's not a lot going on.
07:14Can Samphala change that now?
07:16I think they're slightly more adventurous
07:18in the second period.
07:20They need to come out and play
07:21a little bit more football.
07:22We know what they can do, Samphala.
07:24Momentarily almost dropped
07:26for Igor Jesus.
07:31And they pick up the pace
07:32and again spills it to Kieper
07:34but every shot they've managed to...
07:37Things getting desperate
07:38when the likes of Marlon Freitas
07:40are having pot shots from midfield
07:42with respect to the Boccefogo captain.
07:46But certainly the front-runners
07:47haven't really done a lot.
07:50Luciano, well, it's a card out here.
07:53Now he comes in, shows the studs.
07:56Yeah, steams in.
07:59A few years ago
08:00might have got away with that.
08:03As the studs go up
08:04albeit they're only
08:05eight inches above the ground.
08:08It's good for trouble
08:09to the wider point.
08:15Now Samphala again
08:16with bodies inside the area
08:18just in the loose ball
08:19and it's in.
08:20Again with bodies inside the area
08:22just in the loose ball
08:23and chance for them.
08:25It's Gustavo
08:26straight at John
08:27but Samphala
08:29being a bit more progressive
08:31and you have to say
08:32it's Alde looking.
08:34That's a team shot
08:35in the end, isn't it?
08:36It's a big chance.
08:37They had Alde.
08:38It's a big chance.
08:39Simple as that.
08:41It's more of a game now
08:43but there's only 15 minutes
08:44or so left
08:45and you can see
08:48maybe Samphala snatching it
08:49there's a chance for them.
08:51Caleri down the centre
08:53should be absolutely furious
08:54with himself.
08:56Well
08:57there's absolutely nothing
08:58to smile about
09:00from Jonathan Cagliari's
09:01perspective here.
09:02The cross
09:03is on a plate for him
09:05John
09:06beautifully onto that
09:08It's taken a while
09:09but this game's come to life.
09:13Armada nice little turn
09:14from him as he got
09:15the end product
09:16it's a deflected ball
09:17it forces
09:18Rafael into the stop
09:19for the first time tonight.
09:25Inners forward
09:26by their supporters
09:28are we going to see a goal?
09:30Machin's now away from one
09:32could be the moment
09:33here
09:34it can't be.
09:37He caught it John
09:38in terms of the quality
09:39he's got though
09:40you suddenly see
09:41going from second
09:42to fourth gear
09:43so quickly
09:44drops the shoulder
09:45and the angle's
09:46really tight
09:48proves to be prohibitive
09:49in the end
09:51look at this
09:53leaves his man for dead
09:54doesn't he?
09:55It's a great save actually
09:56yeah
09:57two footed
09:59able to go both ways
10:02finally
10:03Rafael's had to make
10:04two good stops
10:05not sure
10:06how much he knew about that one
10:07came off the inside
10:08of the thigh
10:09but did the job
10:10I think the Sap Alan
10:11will be pleased with this result
10:12nil-nil
10:13away from home
10:14against Portofogo
10:15great result really
10:16but for Portofogo
10:17I don't think there's any
10:18real need
10:19to panic
10:20you know
10:21I think they're going to
10:22know Sap Alan
10:23are going to come out
10:24and Portofogo will be able
10:25to pick them off
10:26on the break hopefully
10:27well
10:28complete
10:29they've tried it
10:30but again
10:31big name Sao Paulo
10:32you might expect
10:33a little bit more
10:34of the history
10:35tradition of them
10:36and their record
10:37in the Libertadores
10:38Club World Cup
10:39our referee
10:40brings his whistle
10:41to his mouth
10:42for the final time
10:43tonight David
10:44you've got to say
10:45it is not
10:46and to be honest
10:47a little bit of a
10:48milquetoast game
10:49here today
10:50and here's Genedo
10:51Portofogo
10:52and Sao Paulo
10:53join