flamingo advanced this Wednesday to the final of the Brazil Cupthe second tournament in importance of the Latin American giant and whose champion is awarded a place in the Libertadores Cupby beating 1-0 at Sao Paulo in the second leg of the semifinal and after the 1-3 they achieved in the first leg.
The set of Rio de Janeiro, who could qualify even losing by a goal difference, asserted his favoritism in the stadium maracana and won with a goal in the first half of the Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaetathe highest figure of the party.
The other finalist Brazil Cup will be defined this Thursday when Corinthians welcome to Fluminensea duel that will again measure strength between two of the most regular clubs of the current season after the 2-2 draw that they agreed in the first leg, but that gives the São Paulo club a slight advantage for playing at home.
This is the second guaranteed final this month for the most popular club in Brazilhaving advanced last week to the decisive match of the Libertadores Cupin which he will face the Brazilian also on October 29 for the title Athletico Paranaense in a single match Guayaquil, Ecuador).
The team from Rio, in addition, is still fighting for the title of the Brazilian Championshipin which he is third in the standings, nine points behind the leader Palm trees.
Although Sao Paulo arrived at maracana willing to reduce the home advantage and score the three goals he needed to advance to the final, flamingo he knew how to control the initial impulse of the paulistas and manage the situation.
sao paulo, commanded by technician Rogerio Cenidominated the first part of the first half thanks to pressure from Patrick and Igor Viniciusbut it was enough arrascaeta take responsibility for the flamingo made his dominance clear at the Maracana, where he was supported by nearly 62,900 fans.
The Uruguayan opened the scoring in the 35th minute after receiving an assist from Everton Ribeiroone of those included in the squad list for the last two friendlies of the Brazilian team before the Qatar World Cup.
The carioca team could have raised the difference but Gabriel Barbosa “Gabigol” he squandered two clear chances in the first half and another two in the second half.
the attacker Pedrocurrent scorer of the Liberatorspassed blank before the strong marking of the São Paulo defenders Diego and Leo and was substituted ten minutes from the end of the match.
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