The Argentine Germán Ezequiel Cano, an old acquaintance of the Colombian league, brought Fluminense closer to phase 3 of the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday by giving them a 1-2 victory in Bogotá against Millionaires, who played more than 70 minutes with one less and missed a penalty when the match was 1-1.
In addition to Cano, Independiente Medellin’s all-time top scorer, center-back David Braz scored for the Flu, while the people of the capital had gone ahead with a goal from Venezuelan Eduardo Sosa, who was sent off for a double warning at minute 18.
The hosts came out to attack their rivals from the first moment and with that initial dominance they opened the scoring at minute 6 in a counterattack in which David Silva received the ball on the edge of the area, returned it to the skillful Daniel Ruiz and he leaked a pass to Sosa, who sent a right hand with which he beat Fabio.
Gamer’s Words
DT Alberto Gamero lamented what happened and analyzed the causes of the defeat against ‘Flu’.
On the designation of the penalty taker, since attacker Diego Herazo had been kicking, he commented.
“This is not a change, when the talks are held there are three players: Macalister, Herazo and Ruiz, whoever feels better gets paid, because we don’t know the mood of the players. Previously we have thrown penalties, the last one was charged by Silva and he converted it. Today he felt more confident, but between them they choose ”.
To the question from FUTBOLRED, about the change of tactics and intention for the second half, with ten men but with the desire to win, Gamero analyzed: “That’s what we saw in the second half and the team did: advance lines. I told them that no matter how much we had one less, we should not make it known. We knew that we were going to leave spaces in the back for them to rally us. We were intense, we looked for the game and we had scoring options. These are matches in which playing against a team as good as Fluminense with ten men is not easy. However, we had the penalty and other scoring options. We have 90 minutes left.”
“A sad one comes out, because the game at 19 minutes, when Sosa was expelled, was changed. The first 20 Millionaires was a team that proposed, put high pressure and had to increase the score. That play was unfortunate, and against the Brazilians, who have possession of the ball, it is difficult to counteract them like that”, he concluded.
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