With 43 goals scored, Germán Ezequiel Cano manages to equal Neymar’s record
The other two Fluminense goals were converted by Alan and Michel Araújo
The Argentine Germán Ezequiel Cano contributed a goal in Fluminense’s 3–0 victory over Goiás in the penultimate day of the Brazilian League and equaled the record 43 scored in a single season owned by Neymar and Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’.
In the League, the Argentine has 25 goalssix more than Pedro Raúl, a striker for Goiás and who was substituted this Wednesday without scoring goals.
The other two Fluminense goals were converted by Alan and Michel Araújowhile the Colombian Jhon Arias was one of the most outstanding players of the match.
With the victory, Fluminense, which said goodbye this year to its audience at the Maracanã stadium, remained in third position with 67 pointsthree fewer than Internacional, who beat Sao Paulo 0-1 at home on Tuesday.
On the penultimate day, which is played between Tuesday and this Thursday, and on the last one, of the weekend, attention is focused on the places for the Copa Libertadores of the next year.
In the group stage they are Palmeiras champion confirmedInternational, Fluminense, Corinthians and Flamengo.
There is one direct quota available and two more for the preliminary league of the continental tournament.
América de Belo Horizonte, Athletico Paranaense, Fortaleza, Atlético Mineiro, Sao Paulo and Botafogo are in the dispute of three quotas for the 2023 Libertadores.
The three teams that fail to enter the Libertadores they will play the Copa Sudamericana alongside Santos and Goiás and from another square for which Bragantino and Coritiba are fighting.
Ceará confirmed its relegation after the defeat this Wednesday by 2-0 against Avaíwhich together with bottom side Juventude will also be next year in the second division.
The fourth and last descent is yet to be defined between Cuiabá (38 points), which this Thursday visits Atlético Mineiroand Atlético Goianiense (34), who played on Wednesday at home with Athletico Paranaense.
