2023-09-28 03:02:09
He Fluminensewho played half the game with one less player due to the expulsion of Samuel Xavier, achieved, thanks to a double from the Argentine Germán Cano, draw 2-2 with Internacional in the first leg of the duel between Brazilian teams for the semifinals of the Libertadores Cup.
The “red” team from Porto Alegre, which started at a disadvantage and managed to come back with goals from Spanish defender Hugo Mallo and scorer Alan Patricktook advantage of their numerical advantage on the field to leave the Maracaná stadium with an important draw as a visitor. Chilean midfielder Charles Aránguiz started for the reds.
The two clubs will have to define one of the finalists of the Libertadores on October 4 in the second leg, in which, although the series is open and whoever wins by any score will advance, Inter will have the advantage of playing in home, the Beira Río stadium in Porto Alegre.
The winner will face the winner of the series between the Brazilian Palmeiras and the Argentine Boca Juniors in the Libertadores final.
The two rivals put totally offensive teams on the field and made it clear from the first minutes that they would go on the attack to seek a clear advantage in the first leg.
In the first minutes, for the same reason, the game was very intense, with several scoring opportunities on both sides, and the Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia willing to leave his mark at the Maracaná for Inter and the Argentine Germán Cano ready to show his effectiveness with Fluminense at home.
The Rio team opened the scoring in the 9th minute following a play started by Colombian Jhon Arias, completed by John Kennedy and which Germán Cano concluded with a strong shot that beat Sergio Rochet.
The partial advantage allowed Fluminense to assume dominance, with opportunities from Keno and Arias that ended up being saved by Rochet, which did not prevent Valencia, in a counterattack, from scoring a goal in the 17th minute that was disallowed for offside.
But the home team’s dominance came to an end almost at the end of the first half following defender Samuel Xavier was sent off for a double warning due to fouls on Valencia. With its full team on the field, Inter began to control the match at the Maracaná.
The visitors managed to go to the showers with the score tied thanks to the fact thatin the last play of the first half, the Spanish defender Hugo Mallo, with a header and following an assist from René, he scored his first goal for Inter.
Although the referee even disallowed the goal for being offside, following the VAR review he validated it.
With a numerical advantage on the field, Inter started the second half completely on the attack and in the 9th minute Mercado scored a goal with a header following an assist from Mallo, which ended up being annulled by the VAR due to a hand touch.
Nine minutes later, Alan Patrick, following eluding Marcelo inside the area, scored Inter’s second and put the visitors ahead.
But Inter let Fluminense compose itself and begin to create danger, mainly with Arias and Cano, until the Argentine, in the 77th minute, took advantage of a free ball inside the area following a corner kick to tie the game.
The locals were pleased with the tie following playing in the second half with ten players and preferred to manage their advantage until the end.
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