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At the Nilton Santos Stadium, Botafogo defeated Fluminense 2 x 1 on Wednesday (29), in the sixth round of the Carioca 2025.

The Tricolor continues a drought of more than two years without beating the traditional rival, who has won seven consecutive classics.

In the first classic of the year in the state tournament, the Glorious took the field with their main team, having played with base players in the first rounds.

And, even with an interim coach, Botafogo - Brazilian and Libertadores champion last season - dominated the first half, creating good chances with Savarino, Matheus Martins, and Igor Jesus.

Fluminense, which had idol Jhon Arias from the start, created little. The best opportunity came in a header from Thiago Silva easily defended by John.

After the break, the Lone Star team opened the scoring.

The play started back with goalkeeper John until Savarino gave a beautiful pass behind the tricolor defense to Lobato, who came face to face with Fábio, but was stopped by the goalkeeper. Igor Jesus (11'), however, took the first rebound and removed the zero from the scoreboard.

However, Fluminense was not intimidated by the disadvantage. Riquelme - who had just entered in place of Serna - received in the area and suffered a penalty after a tackle from Alex Telles from behind. Cano (21') displaced John and leveled everything.

The Tricolor had the chance to turn the game around, but Hercules (31') hit the crossbar.

The punishment came quickly. Yarlen was knocked down by Thiago Santos in the area, Savarino displaced Fábio and put Botafogo ahead again.

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With the second consecutive victory in the Carioca, Botafogo reached nine points and moved up to fourth place.

Fluminense, which now accumulates two rounds in a row without a victory, remained in eighth place with six points.

Next Sunday (2), the Tricolor das Laranjeiras hosts Boavista, at Maracanã, for the seventh round of the state tournament, while the Glorious plays the classic with Flamengo, in Belém, for the Supercup of Brazil.

Cover photo: Vítor Silva/Flickr Botafogo F.R.