The Chilean team played the 90 minutes of the match against Santos: he was anticipated on the first goal of the visit, generated at least two goalscoring chances and received a yellow card.
Brazilian football does not stop. There, it doesn’t matter if a team has two finals in the same month, the ball must keep rolling and flamingo known.
That’s why recent Copa Brasil champion and Libertadores runner-up, the dispute this Saturday against Paranaense, was to play against Santos for the Brasileirao. As Arturo Vidal struggled to recover from injury, the Chileans’ starring role was in charge of Eric Thumb.
The former Catholic University midfielder entered the Carioca team as a starter and after six minutes he took charge of the local’s first set piece. Unfortunately his execution was not good, but that did not discourage the Chilean team.
In reality, on 26 minutes he fired from long range and only goalkeeper Joao Paulo’s remarkable save prevented what would become a great goal. A game that marked the absolute domination of Mengao and which continued throughout the first period. The same that ended in scandal, as the hosts’ goal came from a controversial game.
It’s that the Santos players stayed to claim an alleged penalty, when -at 45′- Marinho played fast and allowed Matheuzinho, who released a golden cross that Pedro capitalized with a taquito to open the account. Marker who was ratified by the VAR and who outraged the visiting hosts.
For the same reason, no one is surprised that they come out with clenched teeth and at 52′ and after a cross from Camacho, Alex beats Pulgar and scores the equalizer. A tie that disarmed those of Rio de Janeiro, especially because he made several changes thinking about the continental result.
Moreover, the recent Brazilian Cup monarchs have rearmed and gone in search of victory. He got it at 61′ and then At 68′, the native of Antofagasta – who will later receive a yellow card – sends a filtered pass to Cebolinha to finish and allow Joao Paulo to shine again.
The goal was around and it came at 77′: Gabi plays with the Uruguayan De Arrascaeta, who leaves the goalkeeper unclear and passes the ball to Marinho, so that he applies the law of first and swells the nets. It was 2-1 and a giant leap in getting all three points.
Units that would be insured at 86′, when the aforementioned De Arrascaeta made it 3-1 and managed to get Fla to celebrate his recent sporting achievement on the pitch (Gabriel Carabajal reduced in the discounts). Triumph which also showed the king at the start next to the cup and which done Thumb add 90 minutes just before the most important commitment of the most popular team in Brazil.
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