The stumble caused dissatisfaction among the fans, who booed the team at several moments and more at the end of the game.
Fluminense lost 2-1, coming from behind, to Independiente Rivadavia-ARG, this Wednesday (15), at Maracanã, in the second round of Group C of the Copa Libertadores. The defeat at home turned into a great disappointment, as the team remains without winning at international level and saw an unbeaten run of 23 international games at home fall.
Until then, the The Rio team accumulated a positive balance, with 18 wins and five draws. Their last defeat occurred on May 18, 2021, when they lost to Junior Barranquila-COl, 2-1. The team from Rio shares the bottom spot in Group C with Bolívar-BOL, both with one point and one goal from a negative balance.
It is The stumble caused dissatisfaction among the fans, who booed the team at various times and more at the end of the game. In the third round, Fluminense visits Bolívar-BOL, but only on April 30th.
The game
Fluminense started the game with intensity, exploring their right side well. But, curiously, the goal came from the other side, in a reversal of the game and which ended up in the control of Guilherme Arana. The full-back adjusted the ball and hit a cross: 1-0, after nine minutes.
The equalizer came in the 33rd minute, after a high cross was deflected by Freytes. The ball, however, fell on the head of Leonard Costa, who practically made a header with Sartori, who finished into the net.
The second half started off balanced, but the visitor took advantage of a series of errors by Fluminense to score and turn the score around, after five minutes. Goalkeeper Bolcato kicked the ball hard, Fábio left the area and headed it in and the remainder was left to Canobbio’s wrong throw. Then, Fernández won the dispute with Samuel Xavier and the ball ended up at the feet of Arce, who finished into the net: 2-1.
