Club World Cup! 1-0, 10-man Palmeiras overturned Bottafogo and advanced to the quarterfinals

The 8th-finals of the Club World Cup, the Brazilian League powerhouse Palmeiras will face the Brazilian League powerhouse Botafogo.

Palmeiras is currently ranked fourth in Brazilian League, while Botafogo is ranked eighth in Brazilian League. In terms of paper strength, Palmeiras is better than Botafogo, because the whole team of Palmeiras is worth 90 million euros higher than Botafogo. However, in the last five matches between the two sides, Botafogo has the upper hand, because Botafogo defeated Palmeiras three times in these five matches and drew Palmeiras two more times. So Palmeiras needs to do his best to defeat Botafogo, and Botafogo must have a psychological advantage.

The 90th minute match was 0-0. In the 9th minute of overtime, Reiso made a wonderful pass, and Paulinho made a shot from the far corner from the right side of the penalty area to help Palmeiras take the lead. In the 16th minute of overtime, Gustavo was sent off after receiving the second yellow card, resulting in one less player in Palmeiras.

In the end, the 10-man Palmeiras defeated Botafogo and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. Next Palmeiras will face the winner between Chelsea and Benfica.