America Mineiro 2, Botafogo RJ 1

RIO DE JANEIRO (Interstat) — América Mineiro defeated Botafogo 2-0 on Sunday in the first leg of their Copa do Brasil matchup at Estádio Nilton Santos. Felipe Azevedo dos Santos opened the scoring in the 22nd minute for the visitors. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound midfielder from Ubatuba, Brazil, found the net to put América Mineiro ahead. Pedro Gabriel Pereira Lopes doubled the lead in the 61st minute, the attacker from São Paulo scoring what proved to be the final goal of the match. The match featured a flurry of yellow cards as tensions rose. Botafogo’s Erison Danilo de Souza was booked… Read more...