Fluminense e Round If they face, this Sunday (03/02), at 18h (Brasília time), in Maracanã, in a match of the semifinal of the Carioca Championship. The confrontation will be broadcast from Band and Goat channel.
Volta Redonda never won the Carioca Championship; The team accumulates a runner-up in 2005, and a third position in 2020. Voltaço got a place in the semifinal because it finished the first phase of the competition in 2nd.
Already Fluminense, who last won the Carioca Championship in 2023, was 33 times winner of the competition. In the first phase, Tricolor was 3rd, behind Flamengo and Volta Redonda.
Fluminense lineup against Volta Redonda
According to GE.Globo, Fluminense should count on Thiago Silva, who is finalizing the process of recovery of an injury in the left heel. With this, Mano Menezes must count on the maximum force for the decisive duel.
Several team players are well highlighted at this time in the season. In the great victory of Tricolor about the Marabá Eagle, for the Brazilian Cup, on Wednesday, was the first time that six different athletes scored goals in the same game: Cano (twice), Canobbio, Ignácio, Paulo Baya, Arias, Everaldo and Serna.
Likely lineup: Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Ignácio, Thiago Silva and Fuentes; Hercules, Matheus Martinelli, Riquelme Felipe, Canobbio and John Arias; Pipe. Technical: Mano Menezes.
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Fluminense x Volta Redonda: time and where to watch
- Carioca Championship – Semifinal
- Date: March 2, Sunday
- Hours: 18h (Brasilia)
- Transmission: Band (open TV) and Goat Channel
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FLUMINENSE MOMENT
Fluminense comes to the confrontation coming from an 8-0 defeat over the Marabá Eagle, for the Brazilian Cup. This was Tricolor’s largest score in the competition. In the last five games of Fluminense, including the Carioca Championship there were four wins and a draw (Flamengo).
Fluminense’s latest games: results
- 26/02: Marabá Eagle 0 x 8 Fluminense – Copa do Brasil
- 23/02: Fluminense 3 x 2 Bangu
- 16/02: Fluminense 2 x 0 Nova Iguaçu
- 08/02: Fluminense 0 x 0 Flamengo
- 02/05: Vasco 1 x 2 Fluminense
Next Fluminense Games
- 02/03 – 18h – Fluminense x Volta Redonda – Championship Carioca
- 03/05 – Time to be defined – Caxias x Fluminense – Copa do Brasil
- 03/09 – 18h – Volta Redonda x Fluminense – Championship Carioca
- 03/29 – Time to be defined – Fortaleza x Fluminense – Brazilian Championship
- 04/05 – Time to be defined – Fluminense x Bragantino – Brazilian Championship
FLUMINENSE CLASSIFICATION
Check out below how Fluminense is in each competition:
- Carioca Championship: Semifinal
- Brazil Cup:
