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Fluminense beat Fortaleza 1-0, today (31), for the last round of the first round of the Brazilian Championship. In a match that generated few offensive opportunities, the Rio de Janeiro team took advantage of an error by the Ceará defense, won the second consecutive win and broke Ceará’s record of 12 undefeated matches. Wellington Silva scored the winning goal.
With the result, Fluminense secures in fourth place until the end of round 19 and reaches the goal of finishing the first round in the G-4. The tricolor team has 32 points and is next to Atlético-MG, the leader is Internacional, with 35. São Paulo is five points away, in fifth place, and at this moment it has four games less in the classification table in relation to Rio Tricolor.
Fortaleza remains in eighth place, with 24 points, and is three behind the G-6. Rogério Ceni’s team, which was just eliminated by São Paulo in the Brazilian Cup, lost the opportunity to sleep in the qualifying zone for the Libertadores.
The best
Hudson was the mainstay of Fluminense’s tactical system in Castelão. The midfielder organized the marking on the ball outside of Fortaleza and, with good passes, continued to lead the Rio team in offensive attacks.
Caio Paulista tries, but fails a lot and is the first drawer
Fluminense did not have a Castelão-inspired performance. From the middle to the frenzied, the team was bureaucratic and created little. Despite trying a lot on the pitch, Caio Paulista missed most of the moves and, if he was up to it, showed that he is technically slightly below his teammates. Maintained by Odair Hellmann in the starting lineup, the 70 jersey was the worst in Flu and ended up being replaced by Wellington Silva.
Cariocas absences
Coach Odair Hellmann had to work for Fluminense as they lost three top players after the 3-1 win over Santos. Defensive midfielder Dodi and forward Fred were suspended for a third yellow card. Nenê was out with a muscle injury.
Tricolor do not lose
Fluminense has not known for a long time what the defeat has been. Odair Hellmann’s team has been undefeated for eight games: three draws and five victories. Tricolor’s last setback occurred on September 20, against Sport, in the Ilha do Retiro.
End of the invincibility of Ceará
Fortaleza said goodbye to the greatest invincibility of Serie A. Rogério Ceni’s team had not lost 12 games, 10 of them for Brasileirão. The last defeat had happened to Flamengo on September 5 in Maracana. Subsequently, the Ceará team won four times and drew six with Nacional. And he still got two more draws in the Copa do Brasil: he was eliminated by São Paulo on penalties.
Controversial expulsion
Fluminense had one more on the field for more than 30 minutes. Fortaleza defender Roger Carvalho was sent off in the 12th minute of the second half for a foul on Felippe Cardoso. On a ball taken down the left side to Felipe Alves, Roger Carvalho dropped the center forward, who ran to intercept the pass. Referee Marielson Alves Silva considered it a dangerous game and applied the red card.
Chronology
The first part got to cause drowsiness of so little creativity in both teams. Fortaleza started off only on a set piece in the third minute, with Muriel avoiding danger after heading to Gabriel Dias. Fluminense gave the opposing goalkeeper more work. Michel Araujo, at 10 minutes, forced Felipe Alves to make a good headstand.
At 14 minutes, Flu’s first good chance, the ball stolen in midfield. Caio Paulista starts in the middle and shoots at Ganso, who kicks from the entrance to the area for easy defense by Felipe Alves. Fluminense only created danger again at 42min in a kick from the entrance to the Hudson area. But Felipe Alves did the defense well in two halves in the middle of the arc.
In the final stage, the situation did not change much. With the expulsion of Roger Carvalho at 12 minutes, Fortaleza did not offer much danger. Fluminense, in turn, was persistent. He had a good chance at 28 minutes, with Luccas Claro deflecting a cross from Danilo Barcelos. Two minutes later, however, Fluminense took advantage of a miss by the right side of the Fortaleza defense to score. After hitting and shooting, Wellington Silva shoved the ball into the area and tried to cross. The ball was deflected at Gabriel Dias and entered the right corner of goalkeeper Felipe Alves.
DATA SHEET
Fortress 0 x 1 Fluminense
Reason: 19th round of the Brazilian Championship
Local: Castelão Arena, in Fortaleza (CE)
Data: October 31, 2020, Saturday
Calendar: 9 pm (from Brasilia)
Referee: Marielson Alves Silva (BA)
Assistants: Alessandro Álvaro Rocha de Matos (BA) and Cleriston Clay Barretos Rios (SE)
WHERE: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral (SP)
Yellow cards: Yuri César, Marlon (Fortress); Igor Julião (Fluminense)
Red cards: Roger Carvalho (Fortress)
Goals: Wellington Silva, 30 minutes into the second half
STRENGTH: Felipe Alves, Gabriel Dias, Jackson, Roger Carvalho, Carlinhos; Felipe, Juninho, Ronald (Tinga); Romarinho (Marlon), Yuri César (Osvaldo), David. Technical: Rogerio Ceni
FLUMINENSE: Muriel, Igor Julião, Nino, Luccas Claro, Danilo Barcelos; Hudson (Yuri Lima), Yago Felipe, Ganso, Michel Araújo (Marcos Paulo); Caio Paulista (Wellington Silva), Felippe Cardoso (Lucca). Technical: Odair Hellmann
