In the quarterfinals that Manchester City and Inter Milan should have played, the Fluminense beat Al Hilal 2-1 and became the most surprising semifinalist of the Club World Cup. The only duel without Europeans, played in an Orlando stadium that could not be filled yet with 11 euros tickets until minutes before the game, was resolved in favor of Brazilians with the goals of Matheus Martinelli and Hercules, one in each time. In the economic waste with which FIFA rewards its new tournament, Fluminense stayed with an extra of 18 million euros plus the 33 that had already accumulated in the previous instances.
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Fábio, Thiago Silva, Juan Pablo Freytes, Ignácio, Nonato (Lima, Min. 67), Samuel Xavier (Guga, Min. 82), Martinelli (Hercules, Min. 45), Gabriel Fuentes, Facundo Bernal (Thiago Santos, Min. 87), Germán Cano (Everaldo, Min. 67) and Jhon Arias
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Yassine Bououu, Ruben Neves, Kalidou Koulibaly, Moteb al Harbi (Ali al Bulayhi, min. 82), Renan Lodi, João Cancelo (Hamad al Yami, min. 92), Mohamed Kanno (Abderrazzaq Hamed-Alah, min. 74), Nasser to the Dawsari (Kaio César, min.
Goals
1-0 min. 39: Martinelli. 1-1 min. 50: Marcos Leonardo. 2-1 min. 69: Hercules
Referee Danny Makkelie
Yellow cards
Milinkovic-Savic (min. 10), Renan Augusto (min. 21), Juan Pablo Freytes (min. 35), Martinelli (min. 43), Thiago Silva (min. 65), Inzaghi (min. 89), Ruben Neves (min. 89), Koulibaly (min. 96)
To the initial emotion in tribute to Diogo Jota – Fluminense players used black bracelet and the two Portuguese from Al Hilal, Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo, were moved in the minute of silence -, a match was followed in a slow camera, conditioned by the 33 degrees. Directed with cunning by one of the few former players of the Brazilian team who became a coach, Renato Gaucho, the Fluminense played to break the main virtue that the Saudi had shown before Manchester City: the counterattack.
Simone Inzaghi’s team, which had tied Real Madrid 1-1 at the debut, was captured in the web of a match that seemed to be from the Copa Libertadores. Comfortable in that friction, as if the game was played on Arena, the Fluminense – integrated only by South American players, also Argentines, Colombians and Uruguayans – put an advantage at 40 minutes after a martinelli auction to the bond angle.
Protected by the experienced Flavio – the 44 -year -old goalkeeper, is the longest player of the tournament – and Thiago Silva – at 40 -, the executioners of the Inter in the round of 16 were only surpassed at the beginning of the second half, when the repertoire of a squad for which the Saudi invested hundreds of millions. It was then that the Brazilian Marcos Leonardo also, who had already turned two goals to the City into the round of 16, scored his room in the World Cup and scored the 1-1. The Fluminense, however, had control of the game already lacking 20 minutes reached 2-1 with the determination of Hercules.
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