He Cruzeiro This Thursday assumed the leadership Brazilian championship by beating 0-2 at home to Fluminense In the Maracaná, in the match in which the Carioca team dismissed the Colombian Jhon Ariastransferred to Wolverhampton English. The Belo Horizonte team, with goals from Fabricio Bruno and Kaio Jorge, defined the result in the first half and did not give him reaction to the Rio de Janeiro team, one of the semifinalists in the FIFA Club World Cup played this month in the United States.
The victory allowed Cruzeiro to add 30 points and move to the Flamengo in the first place in the League. Both shared the leadership until Wednesday with 27 points, but Flamengo appeared ahead for their best goals. Cruzeiro, however, has a game more than the ‘flan’, which currently shares the second place with the Bragantino, but can still return to the top. The defeat, on the other hand, left the Fluminense, champion of the Libertadores in 2023, parked in the seventh place with 20 points, ten of the new leader. The victory also allowed Cruzeiro to raise the number of matches he accumulates without losing.
The Fluminense dominated the game at home and had about 20 ends, but his attackers, including Arias, the Argentine Germán Cano and the Venezuelan Yeferson Soteldo, lacked aim. Kaio Jorge’s score, Cruzeiro’s second on Thursday, allowed the striker to isolate himself even more at the top of the Brazilian championship scorers, with twelve notes.
Only the officiality for John Arias
The game was the last of Arias with the Fluminense tricolor shirt since, although the club has not officially informed, coach Renato Gaúcho said that the transfer of the Colombian attacker when Wolverhampton was already agreed. Arias, usual in the Colombian National Team, was considered one of the best players in the Club World Cup and included in the ideal team of the tournament.
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According to press versions, Fluminense will receive 17 million euros for 90 % of the federative rights of the Colombian attacker, but will keep the remaining 10 %. The agreement also benefits the Colombian Patriots, who will receive 6 million euros for the participation he still has on the rights of Arias, according to the same versions.
