Flamengo and Fluminense faced each other this Wednesday, 30th, but VAR was the protagonist and caught the attention of the fans; find out how the game went!
Flamengo and Fluminense played a balanced match this Wednesday, 30th, at Maracanã stadium, in the first leg of the final of cariocão. With a show of yellow cards, nine in total, and controversial bids with VAR, the classic between the two rivals from Rio de Janeiro ended in a 2-0 victory for Tricolor. 18:00 (Brasilia time).
During the match, Flamengo had more possession of the ball, but could not transform all its control into real scoring chances. When he took danger to Fluminense’s goal, Fábio appeared and kept everything the same at Maracanã. Tricolor scored with W.Bigode, in a controversial move, but the ball in the net was annulled and generated a great discussion on social networks. In the final minutes, Cano shone and gave the victory to the Laranjeiras team.
CHANNEL – ATHLETISTIC:
The first half of Flamengo and Fluminense was marked by the tension between the two sides. More pillaged in the game, Paulo Sousa’s team received four yellow cards, while Abel Braga’s team only one. In addition to having been a first stage of many fouls, it was also of few submissions and football at the Maracanã stadium.
Flamengo had more possession of the ball, but could not turn all their dominance into real scoring opportunities. The best and only one was a corner kick. David Luiz climbed higher than everyone else in the area and hit a beautiful header against Fábio’s goal, but the Fluminense goalkeeper went all out and avoided the first goal of the classic.
While Flamengo arrived only once with danger, Fluminense did not offer any kind of difficulty in the offensive sector. Abel Braga’s team chose to stay in the defense, populate the midfield and not give the red-blacks gaps to get spaces. Therefore, Hugo Souza didn’t even get to work and just watched the game on the pitch.
The only arrival of Fluminense was in the final part of the first half and Willian Bigode swung the nets. However, the linesman scored offside before the play ended and the goal was disallowed. The bid generated controversy on the internet and many Tricolor fans defended the idea that there was no irregularity in the play.
And in Rio de Janeiro?
The linesman did not wait for the end of the bid and raised the flag. Just let it go and the VAR would see that there was no offside because it was a second move (maybe it wasn’t even on the first one)
Fluminense WELL harmed.pic.twitter.com/H7CVPVcxoz
— Vessoni (@Vessoni) March 31, 2022
First half numbers!
Source: @Footstats #FLAXFLU #VamosFlamengo pic.twitter.com/NtXDcFqEDK
— Flamengo (@Flamengo) March 31, 2022
The second half continued in the same way and the yellow card show took over Maracanã. David Luiz took his, while Cris Silva, Ganso and Arias also took theirs home. With the ball at their feet, Flamengo continued to have more possession of the ball, but with difficulties to turn it into a goal. Meanwhile, Flu almost scored with Germán Cano.
David Braz was responsible for not making Flamengo stay in front of the scoreboard. On two occasions, one with Bruno Henrique and another with Gabigol, the Fluminense defender appeared to take off the line and avoid the rivals’ goal. On the Tricolor side, Cano took a risk from midfield and almost surprised Hugo.
As the game was heading towards a goalless draw, Germán Cano appeared and put two balls in the net. The first ball in the net was at 37 and the second at 39 minutes. In both opportunities, Flamengo played wrong and the Argentine took the opportunity to make it 2 to 0 and put Fluminense in advantage in the Carioca final.
Source: sportbuzz
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