📋 Botafogo line-up set to seal their place in the Taça Rio final

Botafogo returns to the field this Saturday (28), when they face Boavista at the Nilton Santos Stadium, at 7:30 PM (Brasília time), for the second leg of the Taça Rio semi-finals.

Having won the first leg 2-0 in Saquarema, the Glorious can even lose by one goal and still advance to the final.

In recent years, the Taça Rio has become a sort of "consolation prize" for teams that did not qualify for the Cariocão semi-finals after the first phase.

The Lone Star team, which has nine titles, tied with Flamengo and only behind Vasco (11), was recently champion in 2023 and 2024.

Qualified for the third qualifying phase of the Conmebol Libertadores, facing Barcelona de Guayaquil on March 3 and 10, coach Martín Anselmi has been resting most of the professional squad players in the Taça Rio.

Thus, compared to the first leg, the Argentine coach opted for the inclusion of Gabriel Abdias, Joaquín Correa, and Arthur Cabral in place of Hernandez, Villalba, and Nathan Fernandes, respectively.

📋 Check out Botafogo's lineup

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