Fábio takes a penalty, André is expelled and Fluminense wins Cruzeiro

In good play, the Fluminense won the cruise by 2-0 on the night of this Wednesday, 10, for the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship. On the return of Raposa to Mineirão, the team from Rio won and confirmed the triumph with goals from Goose It is pipe. the steering wheel Andre was sent off in the second half, and fabio he saved a penalty that had a disagreement between the miners.

With the result, the Rio de Janeiro team commanded by coach Fernando Diniz reached 10 points and rose to third place on the leaderboard. already the cruise stopped at nine points and fell to fifth place in the Brasileirão.

The teams return to the field next weekend, to dispute the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship. On Saturday, the 13th, at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), Fluminense receives the cuiabá, at Maracana. On Sunday, the 14th, at 6:30 pm, Cruzeiro ends the round at Arena Independência, against America-MG.

The game

The teams played a great first half, with numerous chances created for each side. In the final stretch of the stage, at 43 minutes, Ganso opened the scoring for Flu at Mineirão.
After a free kick by Marcelo on the crossbar, Raposa’s defense took André’s shot on the line in sequence, and the midfielder took advantage of the surplus to complete: 0 to 1. Cruzeiro’s players went to the break to scold the arbitration , mainly in a controversial move by Marcelo.

The team from Rio extended the advantage nine minutes into the second stage, with a goal by Cano. In the bid, Ganso rolled the ball to Guga, who played it with precision for the Argentine to finish, free, for the nets: 0 to 2.

Cruzeiro tried to look for spaces and started to balance the actions, having a better moment in the match. In the 13th minute, Wesley received the pass from the back of the defense, advanced at speed and kicked cross, close to Fábio’s post.

At 30 minutes, Cruzeiro had a penalty scored in favor after Manoel pushed Bruno Rodrigues. The bid generated a lot of complaints on the part of Flu, who saw midfielder André being expelled for the second yellow card.

Bruno Rodrigues went to the penalty spot and saw Fábio save the kick. However, the arbitration identified that the goalkeeper was early. Henrique Dourado, who just returned to Cruzeiro, didn’t like it, fought with his teammate and came forward to take the second penalty. After much discussion, Bruno hit again and Fábio took the penalty again.

Unable to make changes, Fluminense saw Alexsander leave crying when he felt his leg split. Flu ended the match with two players less, one of them being expelled.

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