Fluminense beat Argentinos Juniors and qualify for Libertadores

This Tuesday, the 8th, Fluminense received Argentinos Juniors, at Maracanã, for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores. In the first leg, in Argentina, the two teams ended in a 1-1 tie, that is, both sides needed the result to advance in the main competition in South America.

The Argentines were not intimidated by the fans present at Maracanã and started the match better, taking advantage of the mistakes made by the defense of Tricolor das Laranjeiras. In the 9th minute, André fumbled in a ball exit and almost handed over the gold, but managed to recover in the move and disarm Gondou inside the area.

In the second half, the game continued to be very tough and with the Argentines using catimba to try to gain time and take the decision to penalties. Until, at the 41st minute of the second half, Samuel Xavier scored inside the area with John Kennedy, who finished over the mark. In the spare, shirt number 9 touched and the winger hit a shot, from outside the area, to beat goalkeeper Acosta and, just like in the first leg, score Fluminense’s goal against the Argentines.

Flu’s best chance in the first half came in the 29th minute, when Lima stole the ball in the attacking field and played for Germán Cano, who tried to surprise the goalkeeper and shoot for coverage, but did not take the ball well and sent it to Villalba’s feet . Afterwards, Ganso took a dangerous free-kick, which, deflected, went to the right of Acosta’s goal. 0-0 at the end of the first half.

In addition, Daniel launched John Kennedy at speed, the attacker received it before the midfielder, took off, cut the marking and finished low, to score a great goal and guarantee the classification of Tricolor das Laranjeiras. 2 to 0!