With a hat-trick by Cano, Fluminense thrashes River Plate at Maracanã

This Tuesday, 02, Fluminense received River Plate, in Maracanã, for the third round of the group stage of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores. The duel, which was crucial for both teams, started very evenly, but ended up with a chocolate from Fluminense, who saw Germán Cano score three times and John Arias another two in the defeat of Tricolor. 5 to 1!

1st half

The first half of the game was quite balanced, but who opened the scoring was Fluminense, in the 29th minute of the first half. Marcelo threw it to Keno, who found Germán Cano inside the area. The Argentine striker escaped the marking and released a bomb, high, with no chance of defense by the goalkeeper. The ball still exploded in the crossbar and died in the back of the net.

But it didn’t take long and River Plate managed to impose itself, pressed the attacking field and pulled out the tie in the 39th minute. De la Cruz took advantage of a flinch by Jhon Arias and crossed low to Beltrán, who hit a beautiful finish, which hit the top of Fábio’s goal. 1 to 1 at Maracanã at the end of the first stage!

End of first half. LET’S WIN, NENSE! pic.twitter.com/GtT06PuK9E

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2nd TIME

At the start of the second stage, Germán Cano’s star shone again! With eight minutes of ball rolling, Ganso found a beautiful pass to Samuel Xavier, who crossed low, the ball passed by River’s defenders and, with the goal empty, Cano threw himself on the ball to send it back to the nets. 2 to 1!

Flu’s third goal came in the 30th minute, with John Arias! The Colombian made a short pass with Alexsander and finished in the left corner of Armani, who was unable to defend.

With the advantage of two goals, Fernando Diniz’s team continued to press and it didn’t take long to turn the victory into a humiliating rout! At 41, Arias paired with Lima and crossed the area to Cano, who appeared alone in the middle of the area and sent it to the nets to make the fourth. And finally, at 47, John Kennedy served Arias, who hit crossed and made the fifth. 5 to 1 for Fluminense at Maracanã!

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