Germán Cano reveals preference in Libertadores and praises River Plate player

This Friday (30) the top scorer of Fluminense in season, German Cano gave an interview to a radio station in Argentina, which is his country of origin called “Radio Splendid AM 990” in the program “Futbol de los grandees”where he commented on the liberators of America where the defending team ranked first in the group and is waiting for the draw that will take place next Wednesday (05) where the possible opponents will be in the pot 2 made up of teams like: Atlético-MG, Flamengo, Nacional-URU, Atlético Nacional-COL, Deportivo Pereira-COL, Argentinos Juniors-ARG, River Plate-ARG and Bolívar-BOL.

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_{Fluminense x Sporting Cristal best moments.(Video: Reproduction/ Youtube/ Paramount+ Brasil)}

When asked about the opponent’s preference for the next phase, the Argentine top scorer with 26 goals that year, says he prefers to avoid a confrontation with teams from his country, pointing out the river plate as a favorite and that the Argentine Juniors been doing “an amazing cup”. He also commented on the 22-year-old Lucas Beltrán who scored twice against Fluminense in the group stage: “He is a very fast player, decisive with a lot of goals. Soon we will see in other leagues”— pipe about the player Beltran.

_{Lucas Beltrán River Plate player praised by Germán Cano in an interview. (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/ Lucas Beltrán/ @beltranlucass}

“I don’t see that the favorite is from Brazil. River is the potential candidate, he has very good players and he demonstrates this on a daily basis. I prefer not to face them. I would like to play the city classic with Flamengo. River is very strong, I was impressed by the intensity and speed with which he plays” — affirms German Cano. It is known that the Fluminense has performed very well against its rival Flamengo in season and German Cano almost always scores goals, having good numbers in that classic carioca8 goals have already been scored.

Even with good performance, the Fluminense there has been instability with their fans who have demanded a lot from the cast. It was like that in the 1-1 draw with Sporting Cristal and even though we qualified we had a mix of applause and boos. And when asked about it, according to pipe the team is financially inferior when compared to other Brazilian teams, but it has good young players and also believes in the return of those in the medical department to contribute to the squad in the season that has the desire to be champion.

Featured photo: German Cano celebrating goal. Playback/Mailson Santana / Fluminense FC