He fluminensewith goals from the midfielder andre and the Argentine artillery German Ezequiel Canoprevailed this Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, 2-0, over the Olympia in the first leg for the quarterfinals of Libertadores Cup.
With a two-goal advantage in the series, the Brazilian team will travel next week to the Paraguayan capital, where they will face Olympia.
In the semifinals, the winner of the key will meet the winner of the series also between the Brazilian Internacional and the Bolivian Bolívar, where the Porto Alegre team is ahead with its victory at home, by 0-1, in Peace .
Before the match between the Brazilians and the Paraguayans, trouble broke out outside the stadium where fans of both teams and the Rio de Janeiro Police had to intervene.
The students of the Brazilian coach also Fernando Diniz they started all their offensive vocations floating, always going through the creative Paulo Henrique Ganso, who before the match was honored for his 200 games in the “Flu” shirt.
After several attacks by Cano, Fluminense opened the scoring after 42 minutes, with a projection from full-back Diogo Barbosa, who replaced the suspended Marcelo, and joined Keno and the Argentine to, in finally, André scored the first.
In the second half, in minute 58, in a series of plays inside the area, with participation from Keno, the Colombian Jhon Arias and Martunelli, who tried a Chilean, Cano scored the second.
The goal was confirmed by Uruguayan Andrés Cunha’s VAR.
Even with the advantage, Fluminense did not give up and looked for the third goal, which Cano and Keno almost scored.
FLUMINENCE
20
OLYMPIA
2. Fluminense: Fabio; Samuel Xavier (m.87, Guga), Nino, Felipe Melo (m.56, Martinelli), Diogo Barbosa; André, Paulo Henrique Ganso (m.70, Alexsander), Jhon Arias (m.70, Leo Fernández); Keno, John Kennedy (m.87, Lelê) and Germán Ezequiel Cano.
Coach: Fernando Diniz.
0. Olympia: Juan Espinola; Alejandro Silva (m.80, Víctor Salazar), Jhohan Romaña, Mateo Gamarra, Facundo Zabala; Júnior Barreto, Ramón Martínez (m.69, Hugo Quintana), Hugo Fernández (m.79, Derlis González), Fernando Cardozo; Iván Torres (m.53, Marcos Gómez) and Walter González (m.53, Guillermo Paiva).
Instructor: Francisco Arce.
the objectives: 1-0, m.42: Andre. 2-0, m.58: German Ezequiel Cano.
Referee: the Uruguayan Andrés Matonte. He advised Kennedy, Nino, Lelê, González, Cardozo and Gamarra.
happenings: First leg match for the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores played at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
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Source: La Verdad
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