In a busy match played at the Mané Garrincha Stadium, in Brasilia, Fluminense defeated Vasco 2-1 on Wednesday night (5), to continue dreaming of the classification for the Carioca Championship semifinals.
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With the triumph obtained in the match broadcast live by National radioTricolor das Laranjeiras jumped to the 6th position of the Guanabara Call classification, with 10 points. Already Cruzmaltino remained with 13 points, in 3rd place. The lead is occupied by Flamengo, who thrashed the Portuguese 5-0 this Wednesday to reach 13 points.
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The first few minutes of the confrontation were marked by Vasco’s superiority, which needed just a minute to open the marker. After failure of Colombian defender Gabriel Fuente, Paulinho found Argentine Vegetti, who rolled to Philippe Coutinho to hide to the bottom of the goal.
More organized, the São Januário team remained better in the confrontation, finding the best opportunities to score. The panorama only changed after the technical stop at 25 minutes. From then on, coach Mano Menezes positioned Jhon Arias further, and the change resulted in 28 minutes, when the Colombian was knocked down in counterattack.
And Arias himself took the foul on 31 minutes, lifting the ball in the area for Thiago Silva to score headlong. The Laranjeiras team remained better, and managed to reach the goal of victory even before the break. At 41 minutes, after beating and countered in the Vasca area, the ball left for Fuentes, which hit a strong kick. Cano deflected midway and beat goalkeeper Leo Jardim.
In the final stage the team led by Mano Menezes remained better and managed to hold the victory until the final whistle.
