Botafogowho just hired Italian Davide Ancelotti As a coach, he defeated this Saturday 2-0 at Basque da Gama in the thirteenth day of the Brazilian League and thus cut distances with the leaders of the classification. Davide, son of the Brazilian coach and former Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti, attended the dispute between the two Cariocas rivals from the bench, although he did not yet officially do so as a coach due to a delay with the paperwork to register it.
After four victories in the last five games, Botafogo, winner of the Brazilian League last year and current champion of the Copa Libertadores, goes up to the fifth position of the table with 21 points. While the Basque had the dominance of the ball, Arthur Cabral knew how to take advantage of a moment of carelessness in the defense of the rival to mark the second part of the second part and advance to the Davide club. Rayan almost tied the game shortly after, but goalkeeper John managed to stop the shot and then Nathan Fernandes finished off the scoreboard with a second so much for Botafogo.
The 35 -year -old coach signed a contract with the ‘Fogão’ until December 2026, that is, for what remains of the season and the following, After the club dismissed the Portuguese Renato Paiva fulminantly after falling eliminated in the Club World Cup.
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Davide faces his first solo adventure at the head of a professional team after accompanying his father at Bayern Munich, Naples, Everton, Real Madrid and, more recently, the Brazilian team.
