Igor Jesus scored a goal in the first half, leading Botafogo to an astonishing 1-0 victory against the European Champions of Saint-Germain at the Club World Cup on Thursday in Pasadena, California.
The result leaves that Botafogo (2-0-0, 6 points) alone at the top of group B. PSG (1-1-0, 3 points) is equal to the second row with Atletico Madrid, which beat the Sounders of Seattle 3-1 earlier on Thursday.
In the decisive moment of the game, Jefferson Savarino de Botafogo launched a midfielder’s pass in the half attacker. Jesus ran on the ball between the defenders of Paris Saint-Germain, then took a shot from the top of the 18 yards box which rebounded once and nestled in the lower left corner of the net.
Botafogo’s goalkeeper John made two stops to record a white sheet. Gianluigi Donnarumma of PSG stopped three shots.
PSG finished with an advantage of 16-4 in the shots, although Botafogo has an advantage of 4-2 in the target shots.
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