The national midfielder came in 81 on the score of 3-1 conceded. The Brazilian press has also not forgiven Erick Pulgar after his mistake on Al Hilal’s third goal.
Arturo Vidal and Erick Pulgar’s Flamengo couldn’t beat Al Hilal in their clash for the Club World Cup semi-finals . The Saudi team moved into the final of the competition after beating the Brazilian side 3-2, who ended up suffering more than necessary after Gerson was sent off late in the first half.
Faced with this situation, and with the score against 2-1, coach Vítor Pereira had to make the first changes to face the second half. Erick Pulgar appeared there to replace Giorgian de Arrascaeta, although his performance in the minutes, he added, was not one of the best .
This was reflected in the Brazilian press. Lance, for example, rated it 4 out of a maximum of 10.”How it happened. Unexplainable kick, yellow for the first game of the second half and passing error that led to Vietto’s goal “, they recorded in their one by one.
Worse was the rating given by Globoesporte, which gave it a 2 on the same scale. “He started thinking he would improve the team, but he made the mistake that ended in his elimination. He also received an unnecessary yellow card “, they recorded.
Darts in Vidal
Almost ten minutes from the end, the Flamengo DT decided to send Arturo Vidal onto the pitch, of course, in those minutes he managed to be on the pitch, he failed to stand out. In fact, Lance decided not to give it a rating because “didn’t have time to show anything interesting ”.
Globoesporte, for its part, gave it a 3.5: “He started badly and missed games he doesn’t usually do “, they exposed.
Of course, this panorama is not so gloomy compared to the way they referred to coach Vítor Pereira who ended up being rated one by the same media.
“Even with one down, he got the two masterminds out of the midfield. Bad decisions. He is one of the main responsible for one of the biggest embarrassments in the history of Flamengo “, they argued.
Vidal’s threat against Madrid
Moreover, for Arturo Vidal this duel has another weight, because in full celebration after winning the Copa Libertadores, and with it the qualification for the Club World Cup, he had underlined “Madrid, we are going to break your ass”, a situation that at least will not happen again in the final.
A phrase that various media ended up remembering after the elimination. “What happens when you spit… Today everyone remembers his threat to Real Madrid after winning the Copa Libertadores “, posted the Marca newspaper on its Twitter account.
In addition, on their website, they published a note under the title of “Arturo Vidal’s warm-up after winning the Libertadores which turns against him today ”.
The official Twitter account of the El Chiringuito program also posted the video of the Chilean saying the well-known phrase, along with a text: “01/11/2022, Arturo Vidal ‘warns’ Madrid after winning the Libertadores with Flamengo. 02/07/2023, Flamengo eliminated in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup against Al Hilal ”.
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