The Junior from Barranquilla hit the table in Group H of the South American Cup and thrashed this Wednesday 3-0 at Fluminense in a game in which he subdued his rival from start to finish to assault the leadership of the area.
The goals of Tiburón were the work of Didier Moreno; from Miguel Borja, from a penalty; and the Argentine winger Fabián Sambueza, with whom the Colombian team is the leader in its area with four units, the same as the Unión de Santa Fe that defeated Oriente Petrolero yesterday 1-3 in Bolivia, and the Tricolor is third with three points .
The rojiblanco team began to attack from the first moments and had the first approach with a long-distance shot from midfielder Daniel Giraldo at minute 3.
In this context, the goal came very quickly, at 9, in a lethal counterattack that Moreno started and finished it himself with a right hand impossible to stop for Fábio after receiving a pass from the side of the winger Ómar Albornoz.
Fluminense, stunned by the infernal rhythm to which their rival subjected them in the first half, had many difficulties connecting Ganso and Yago with the Argentine Germán Cano, who the few times he received did so without many advantages against the pair of central defenders Jorge Arias-Dany Rosero, of a good level.
Argentina’s Juan Cruz Real’s team continued to attack and had several more opportunities to increase the advantage until they did so in the 46th minute after the referee called a foul by David Braz on Giraldo in the area and Borja took advantage of the charge to put celebrate at the Metropolitan Stadium.
In the second half, the Rio de Janeiro team tried to discount in the first minutes with two shots by Cano but could not overcome the resistance of the Uruguayan goalkeeper Sebastián Viera.
As the minutes passed, the pace of the visitors dropped and the hosts regained control under the leadership of Moreno, Giraldo and Yesus Cabrera, who formed a dominant midfield that was key to getting the three points.
However, Abel Braga’s team did not give up and, in the midst of the confusion, tried to do damage. The clearest opportunity to discount it was Ganso at 67 in a free kick that was saved, again, by Viera.
The Colombians kept control and ended up scoring the final 3-0 with a right hand from Fabián Sambueza at 95, with which they took three key points against a rival that will have to improve the image shown today if they want to fight for a place in the next phase of the South American Cup.
On the third day, Fluminense will host Unión de Santa Fe on April 26, while two days later Junior will visit Oriente Petrolero.
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