The Brazilian flame remains well on the Club World Cup. On Monday, Fluminense secured a place in the quarterfinals of the competition by eliminating Inter Milan with a 2-0 triumph in Charlotte. A goal of the Veteran German Cano to open and another from Hercules to close arrived for the Rio team to shoot down the European runner-up and set up in the next round with the winner of the Manchester City-AL Hilal this dawn. If it is City, it will be a reissue of the final of this tournament in 2023, in which the British triumphed 4-0.
In theory, Inter Milan is the second best team in Europe, a defeated finalist in the last champions league and, in theory, was the favorite before the one who would be the least rated from Brazilian teams in competition. We repeat, in theory. Because, in practice, Fluminense, who is in this World Cup as the Libertadores champion in 2023, only needed half an opportunity to open the marker. At 3 ‘, thrown from Arias’s right, the ball hit a defense “Nerazzurri”It gained height and fell right in the middle of the small area, where a pipe was alone to do the 1-0.
Then it was a practically whole game in which two teams with the same profile – both filled with quality veterans, and in this Fluminense still play a large Thiago Silva, 40, to send in defense, and a huge Fabio, at 44, to close the goal. It should be said that Inter, now trained by Cristian Chivu after Simone Inzaghi’s departure to Al-Hilal, only truly felt the urgency of imminent defeat the second part was advanced.
There, it was a conjugation of multiple factors that kept the Inter without goals, the poles (there were two balls to the iron), a large Fabio and the lack of aim of the Milan team. And to shake the pressure, Renato Gaucho’s men secured his party with 2-0, with a goal of Hercules at 94 ‘.
Inter has fallen with his arms, thinking of a time when everything went wrong – loss of Series A, the rout suffered in the Championship final and this unexpected but deserved defeat. And “Fluzão” goes on, keeping company on Palmeiras and keeping the carnival high in the US.
