Francisco soares, Brazilian football player

Rio de Janeiro, June 11 Francisco Soares scored either side of halftime as Botafogo extended their lead at the top of Brazil's Serie A with a 2-0 home win over Fortaleza.Soares put the hosts ahead on the stroke of halftime on Saturday with an angled finish from 10 yards after a Marlon Freitas cross from the right flank.The former Porto and Olympiacos forward doubled the advantage just after the hour when he slotted home from the edge of the six-yard box after seeing his penalty attempt saved by goalkeeper Joao Riedi, a Xinhua report said.The result at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic stadium leaves Botafogo with 24 points from 10 outings, five points clear of second-placed Palmeiras, who have a game in hand. Fortaleza are 10th, 10 points off the pace.In other Brazilian Serie A fixtures on Saturday, Coritiba were held to a goalless home draw by Santos, Cruzeiro drew 2-2 at Bahia, Atletico Mineiro were held to a 1-1 home draw by Bragantino and Cuiaba drew 1-1 at Corinth.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Football :Serie A: Leaders Botafogo make light work of Fortaleza

Rio de Janeiro, June 11 Francisco Soares scored either side of halftime as Botafogo extended their lead at ... ...