Overview
- Botafogo announced on Tuesday that Franclim Carvalho has been dismissed as first-team coach and the decision was communicated to him the same day.
- Several of Carvalho’s assistants left the club, including Luís Felipe, Mauro Moderno, fitness coach Fábio Monteiro and goalkeeping coach Ricardo Matos.
- Rodrigo Bellão, the club’s Under-20 coach, will lead the first team on an interim basis for the return leg against Cienciano scheduled for Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.
- Botafogo must overcome a 6-1 first-leg loss in Cusco, needing a five-goal margin to force penalties or a six-goal win to advance outright, a gap that frames the urgency of the coaching change.
- The club announced a new permanent technical setup with Paulo Bonamigo, Ronaldo Torres and Marcelo Salles, cut ticket prices to R$5 to boost attendance, and broadcasters for the match are DSports/DirecTV for much of Latin America and Paramount+ in Brazil.