Fluminense crushed River at the Maracana and thrashed it 5-1

By date 3 of Group D of the Libertadores Cup, River suffered a heavy defeat against Fluminense of Brazil by 5 to 1 in the Maracana, and if he does not win on the next day it could complicate his continuity in the international competition.

With a hat-trick from Germán Cano and a brace from Jhon Arias, the Flu thrashed the Millionaire that will arrive thrashed in the Superclásico on Sunday. lucas beltran He scored the only goal for the Argentine team.

Even and spicy procedure

During the first minutes of the game, Fluminense tried to have the initiative, while River responded with bursts, there was no clear dominator and the faults were systematic. Then, the first approaches were from the local team: the most dangerous was a free kick from Ganso that Armani solved with his fists.

After 29 minutes of play, the Flu modify specify: from the left sector (Herrera’s side), the Brazilian team got into the area, where they appeared Germán Cano, ahead of González Pírez and pulled off a bombshell with which he made it 1-0.

However, the advantage appeared little to the local, but only ten minutes later, Nicolás de la Cruz advanced through the right sector, raised his head and gave the ball to Lucas Beltrán who scored the tie.

all about the floo

In the plugin, River started better and had the ball, but Fluminense was more effective. At 7′ after a pass between the lines from Ganso to Samuel, the latter assisted Cano, who appreciated alone in front of the goal and put the secondbefore a very weak task of the last millionaire line.

Shortly after, the Argentine goal-scorer once again violated Armani’s goal, but the goal was not validated due to an advanced position.

That both destabilized the Millionaire completely, so Martín Demichelis decided to change some pieces to look for a tie: José Paradela and Pablo Solari entered, instead of Emanuel Mammana and Nicolás De la Cruz. But the idea of ​​taking out a defender ended up being counterproductive parachute Micho, because a few minutes later his team he was left with one less player, due to the expulsion of Leandro González Pírez (double yellow).

So that River ends up having an even worse time at the Maracaná, at 30′ Jhon Arias confirmed the third and in the final stretch of the match Cano, who was insane, scored 4 to 1. But the win did not end there and already in discount time, Arias appeared again on the scene to sentence the 5 to 1.

With this result, Fluminense reached 9 points and is the leader of Group D, while River has only 3 points. On the next date, the Millo will face Sporting Cristal in Peru.

Fluminense vs River: the formations

fluminense: Fábio, Samuel Xavier, Nino, Felipe Melo and Marcelo; André, Alexsander, Jhon Arias and Ganso; Keno and German Cano. DT: Fernando Diniz.

River: Franco Armani, Marcelo Herrera, Leandro González Pirez, Emanuel Mammana and Milton Casco; Rodrigo Aliendro and Enzo Pérez; Nicolás De La Cruz, Ignacio Fernández and Esequiel Barco; Lucas Beltran. DT: Martin Demichelis.