Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Botafogo v Coritiba - Nilton Santos Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - September 2, 2020 Botafogo's Marcelo Benevento with Salomon Kalou during the warm up before the match, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Salomon Kalou made his debut for Botafogo on Wednesday but the presence of the Ivory Coast forward could not help the home side score goals as the match against Coritiba ended 0-0 in Rio de Janeiro.
The former Chelsea winger was alongside Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda as one of Botafogo’s foreign stars, and although the Rio club had the best of the game there were no goals.
The result leaves Botafogo in 16th place in the 20-team Serie A with seven points from six games.
Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Botafogo v Coritiba - Nilton Santos Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - September 2, 2020 Coritiba's Sassa in action with Botafogo's Keisuke Honda and Salomon Kalou, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Coritiba sits two places above them, with one more point from the same number of games.
(Reporting by Andrew Downie; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Botafogo v Coritiba - Nilton Santos Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - September 2, 2020 Coritiba's Sassa in action with Botafogo's Keisuke Honda, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Sergio MoraesSoccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Botafogo v Coritiba - Nilton Santos Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - September 2, 2020 Botafogo's Bruno Nazario in action with Coritiba's Matheus Bueno, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Sergio MoraesSoccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Botafogo v Coritiba - Nilton Santos Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - September 2, 2020 Botafogo's Pedro Raul in action with Coritiba's Galdezani, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
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