The Carioca club won against the Al-Hilal Saudis this Friday, in Orlando, in the quarters of the Club World Cup.
Fluminense advances. After surprising Inter Milan (1-0) in the round of 16, Thiago Silva and his teammates came to the end of Al-Hilal (2-1) this Friday, in Orlando, during the first quarter-final of the Club World Cup. Martinelli and Hercules scored for the Rio club, while Leonardo was equalized for the Saudis. Fluminense will face Chelsea or Palmeiras on July 8, at East Rutherford (New Jersey), in half.
Emotion sequence before kick -off, with a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of the player of Liverpool Diogo Jota and his brother André Jota, who died in a road accident this week. Former teammates of the first named, the Portuguese of Al-Hilal Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo could not hold their tears … Neves, he is the player alongside which Jota played the most during his career, 164 games in cumulative between club and selection, in front of Mohamed Salah (150) and Alisson Becker (149). With Cancelo, they shared the jersey of the Portuguese selection 32 times.
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Hero Hercules
At the start of the match without too much pace, during which it was necessary to wait almost 20 minutes to attend the first strike, powerful but not framed, work of Cano for Fluminense (18th). It was Martinelli who unlocked this first period tinged with apathy, of a clear strike from the left (1-0, 40th). Weird action, with Cancelo who saved the corner … by offering a good ball to Fuentes, who had plenty of time to serve his teammate in the penalty area. At the age of 44, Fabio was disgusting Coulibaly and Al-Hilal (45+2), the Saudis seeing a penalty escape them after viewing the images. (1-0). The former Saudi teammates of Neymar were rebuilt and equalized thanks to Leonardo, ideally found by Coulibaly from the head following a corner (1-1, 51st). Everything to do again.
After an unlikely loss of Lodi, Bounou saved Al-Hilal in front of Cano (55th) and Milinkovic-Savic asked Fabio (56th). The match was racing a little. And Hercules put on the hero’s costume, as against Inter, he who had already marked in the round of 16. Having entered half-time, he deceived Bounou de droit (2-1, 70th). Very Brazilian, the stands ignited. Bounou made the suspense last by interpoting on the powerful and tense strike from Xavier (79th). Al-Hilal pushed in the last minutes, Coulibaly trying to scratch a penalty. Nothing has done (2-1, final score).
