Fluminense visited Junior Barranquilla this Wednesday, 13, for the Copa Sudamericana, and was defeated in the match held in Colombia.
After a great debut in Copa SudamericanaThe Fluminense visited the Junior Barranquilla this Wednesday, 13th, and left with a 3-0 defeat by Colombia. the team of Abel Braga didn’t have a great performance in the first half, conceded the goals in the opening 45 minutes, tried to chase the result, but couldn’t and lost the lead of his group.
With the defeat to Junior Barranquilla, Fluminense fell from the leadership of its group to the third position. That’s because, Unión de Santa Fé beat Oriente Petrolero and took first place, while Colombian rivals, with three points against Tricolor, took the runner-up and complicated Rio rivals in the Copa Sudamericana.
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Junior Barranquilla’s victory was built during the first half and started after nine minutes of play, after a hit and hit. At the opportunity, Albornoz led the ball to the right, advanced and crossed into the area. Moreno appeared alone, deflected it with his right foot and opened the scoring in Colombia. 1 to 0.
Unable to build dangerous plays, Fluminense saw their situation worsen at the end of the first half. In the 44th minute, André dropped Giraldo in the area and the referee of the match awarded the penalty for the Colombians. Borja knocked with grace, took it from Fábio and ran for the hug. 2 to 0 and Junior Barranquilla with a big advantage for the second half.
In the final stage, Fluminense improved and had to leave their comfort zone to at least tie the game. Luiz Henrique helped in the offensive production, Paulo Henrique Ganso also appeared more, but the Tricolor couldn’t swing the nets. Thus, the score ended up changing, but for Junior Barranquilla, who scored the third with Sambueza and won his first in the Copa Sudamericana by the score of 3 to 0.
Fluminense returns to the field for the competition on April 26th. Abel Braga’s team will this time face Unión de Santa Fé, at the Maracanã stadium, and the rivals are the current leaders of the group. Meanwhile, Junior Barranquilla faces the lantern Oriente Petrolero and should not have difficulties to win the three points.
End of the game.
— Fluminense FC (@FluminenseFC) April 14, 2022
Source: sportbuzz
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