Fluminense from Brazil could not defeat Spanish Unión de Chile as a visitor and tied 1 to 1. Pablo Aránguiz marked the goal of the Southern team, while Gustavo Nonato converted for the team where the Colombian Jhon Arias plays.
This tie fell from Pearls to Once Caldas de Manizales, who beat 3 goals to Gualberto Villarroel San José de Bolivia at home. The coffee club was second in group F, after the third day, with 6 points and follows the Brazilians closely. Fluminense is a leader with 7, Spanish Unión is third with 2 and Gualberto Villarroel is last with 1.
Champion of America in 2023, but plunged in a sports crisis a year after he had it on the edge of the descent in the Brazilian, Fluminense seems to have found in the South American a new impulse to recover prominence and stability.
On the fourth date, scheduled for May 8, San José will host Fluminense in the Hernando Siles de la Paz, while Eleven Caldas will wait in Manizales for the visit of the Spanish Union. They will be crucial matches in the area.
“The team then had more than one novelty, such as the debuts of the young sides Julio Fidelis and Vagno, both of the Xerém, and the first party of Lezcano as a starter,” said the media ESPN Brazilafter the duel.
Hurricane is a leader with 7 points and América de Cali, led by Jorge ‘Moth’ da Silva, is second with 5. Corinthians and Racing of Uruguay, which face this Thursday in Sao Paulo, are third and fourth with 1 and 0 units.
“One, two, three, four… could have been many more clear situations of Hurricane to consolidate at the top of the group C of the South American Cup and already feel with one foot in the round of 16, but the goalkeeper of America of Cali, Jorge Soto, would have followed drawing every ball sent to his fence”He said Olé newspaper After the meeting.
“Now, Hurricane must visit Racing de Montevideo and then define the group in Cali against America and in Patricios Parque against Corinthians, with the certainty that if he maintains this performance, he has high chances of achieving the goal,” he finished.
*With AFP information.
