Santa Fe was a good deal against Botafogo: tied 1-1

By Omar Perez scored Colombian team, while Caio matched by Brazilians.

Brazilian club Botafogo missed the chance to play at home andsuffered only managed to start a 1-1 draw by Independiente SantaFe, in the first leg of the knockout stages of the Copa Sudamericana 2011.
The locals really suffered with the absence of its principal owners, many of them injured and others convened by the national team,and showed a lot of nervousness on the pitch, with serious errors in the key plays throwing passes and scoring especially in the first half.
Santa Fe, who arrived in Rio with all their artillery, planted in the field, dominated the ball and took kickbacks to get on goal with great comfort, with no reaction alvinegra defense.
So Colombians opened the scoring 8 minutes after a good exchange of passes with the ball passing Bernal to fundArgentina's Omar Perez found only in the mouth of the arch.
In the second half, Botafogo consolidated a bit more on the court with Elkeson income and Caio, who scored the tying goal at 65minutes.
The second leg will be played on October 25 in Bogotá. The winner of this key will play in the quarterfinals of the South Americanwinner between the Chilean and Argentine Catholic UniversityVelez Sarsfield.