Paulinho scored the only goal as Palmeiras beat Botafogo 1-0 to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinal, MySporDab reports.
Both teams were solid all through the 90 minutes making sure they dragged themselves to extra time after playing goalless.
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It was a strong first round 16 match between both teams who had so much work to do going forward with attacking.
Despite all they had to do on the pitch, there wasn’t anything that worked so well for them as things stayed goalless.
It was Palmeiras who did more of making an attempts on the goalkeeper, but nothing was hitting the target as they carried.
No goal was able to separate them after 90 minutes, but it was just wasted opportunities for them.
The game was calmed a bit from the resumption which both teams kept at it looking for the lead which did not come.
Botafogo couldnt find anything of their own despite coming close as the game entered the 80th minutes and nothing.
It was confirmed that both teams would need to go into extra time to make sure they secured the victory or play penalties.
Paulinho was able to make it count with a stunning goal which came in the 100th minutes as things became 1-0.
The goal was assisted by Richard Rios as both teams carried on until first extra time came to a conclusion.
Gustavo Gomez was sent off in the 116th minutes after receiving another yellow card which saw his side reduced with little time left.
Palmeiras ended up claiming a 1-0 victory against Botafogo which saw them qualify for the quarterfinals of the FIFA Club World Cup.
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