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With Real Madrid on the horizon, the Botafogo de Brasil and the Pachuca de México were in Doha millions for a trophy in the semi-finals of the Renacida Intercontinental Copa of FIFA, joining the campeones of the most important international torneo of the clubs 2024.

The “Fogão” was motivated after making a double history in a week: in his first Copa Libertadores he moved to Atlético Mineiro on November 30 and in his third Brazilian league, and in some three years the Domingo started.

But the dispute over the last epidemic only lasted 18 days and was able to compete against the pelota race like Garrincha and Jairzinho in the Rio de Janeiro area.

“No tenemos limite (…) Por eso entramos al campo dispuestos a dar la vida. Sabemos que es difícil, son manyos partidos, uno detrás del other,” said Luiz Henrique, one of the joys of the attack of the Estrella Solitaria ‘.

Before the start of the Brazilian cancellation calendar, the Cariocas fooled themselves with their players on their first Intercontinental participation, representing the Club-Mundial, and were now discussed more than a year ago with the participation of 32 teams.

Botafogo and Pachuca also participated in the world renovation, the first edition of which was celebrated in the United States until mid-2025.

Commanding the Portuguese Artur Jorge, Botafogo has opted for his personal offensive to meet a rival who has certainly gained more experience by temporarily collaborating with cosmetic changes in relation to the other Mundialitos.

The duel between Brazilians and Mexicans, which took place at Estadio 974 (5:00 p.m. GMT), was one of the meetings of Qatar 2022 and was officially promoted to the Derbi de las Américas and corresponds to a quarter-final.

The player disputed the Copa Challenger against Al-Ahly from Egypt on Saturday and had to fall to a semi-final. The Vencedor beat the Intercontinental title with Real Madrid just before the Lusail Stadium just before the final of the 2022 World Cup.

“Vamos a competitir with mucha alegría ya disfrutar del momento, que es for pocos,” confirmed the captain of Botafogue, volunteer Marlon Freitas.

Campeón de la Conca won 3-0 in the final against Columbus Crew in June, the Pachuca took part in the Anti-Mundial Championship for the first time, in 2007 and 2010 and in the semi-finals in 2008 and 2017.

The “Tuzos” were waiting for their picture after hitting the Apertura tournament of Mexico in penultimate position, with three victories in 17 participants.

Since my active activity a few months ago, the group has been commissioned by Guillermo Almada, the Uruguayan entrepreneur, as the young Mexican Elías Montiel, with his experienced men as the Venezuelan assassin Salomón Rondón.

“We are happy about all the concepts we have based on the competence and the number of participants, but I did not take the time (of the training). Recovered the intensity, the ritmo, which benefited us,” Almada told FIFA.

Alineaciones probabilities:

Botafogo: John – Vitinho, Adryelson, Alexander Barboza, Alex Telles – Gregore, Marlon Freitas – Luiz Henrique, Jefferson Savarino, Thiago Almada – Igor Jesus. DT: Arthur Jorge.

Pachuca: Carlos Moreno – Carlos Sánchez, Gustavo Cabral, Sergio Barreto, Bryan González – Elías Montiel, Pedro Pedraza – Alfonso González, Nelson Deossa, Oussama Idrissi – Salomón Rondón. DT: Guillermo Almada.

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