Palmeiras bossed the first half, but they failed to create any meaningful opportunities. Estevao began to penetrate the Botafogo backline after the restart, and he forced John into a fine save.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 18-year-old was surprisingly withdrawn less than 20 minutes into the period, but it failed to halt the Verd\u00e3o\u2019s supremacy, with Mauricio\u2019s header producing an excellent tip-over from John.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Botafogo No12 made a superb stop from a Richard Rios piledriver at the start of extra time, but he could do nothing to prevent Paulinho making the breakthrough. The 24-year-old faked the shot, cut inside his man and curled the ball into the bottom corner. reports FIFA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gustavo Gomez was then sent off for a second yellow card, but Palmeiras withstood a series of late corners to get the win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Twenty-three corners were taken. It was the most in a game this tournament, eclipsing the 22 in Auckland City FC-CA Boca Juniors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cNever give up, never give in. All the time, we work for this. I spoke with the players, if we play like in training, for sure the game will be better than what we did in the last game. I would like to say thank you to my players for all their efforts. We had an amazing game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Twenty-three corners were taken. It was the most in a game this tournament, eclipsing the 22 in Auckland City FC-CA Boca Juniors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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