The Fluminense fan was left with a bittersweet taste in his mouth after seeing his team be eliminated from the Copa Sudamericana despite beating Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia) 10-1, on Thursday night (26) at the Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera stadium, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
??⚽?? Warriors! THE @FluminenseFC delivered a historic rout over the @cdopetrolero by 10-1, but failed to advance to the round of 16 of CONMEBOL #South American.#GreatConquest pic.twitter.com/sPUNIJYzq0
— CONMEBOL Sudamericana (@SudamericanaBR) May 27, 2022
Even with the elastic victory, Tricolor das Laranjeiras finished the first stage of the competition in second place in Group H with 11 points, one less than Unión Santa Fe (Argentina), which beat Junior Barranquilla (Colombia) by 4 to 0 to guarantee the single key slot.
historic victory
Needing to win by a difference of at least six goals, in addition to hoping for a draw in the confrontation between Santa Fe and Junior Barranquilla, the team led by coach Fernando Diniz came in fast and opened the scoring with less than a minute of ball rolling with Matheus Martins . Fluminense’s dominance was so great that in the 12th minute they were already winning 3-0, thanks to two more goals from Argentine Cano.
In the 14th minute, Oriente Petrolero scored the honor with Sebastián Álvarez, but Tricolor built the score with goals from Caio Paulista, Manoel, Arias, Willian, another two goals from Matheus Martins and another from Cano.
Despite not being able to qualify, Fluminense applied a historic rout, the biggest in the history of the Copa Sudamericana (before the most elastic triumph in the competition was a 9-0 victory for Defensor, from Uruguay, over Sport Huancayo, from Peru) .
Now Tricolor das Laranjeiras prepares for the classic next Sunday (29) against Flamengo for the Brazilian.
Defeat of Cuiabá
Another team that played its last match in the current edition of the Copa Sudamericana this Thursday was Cuiabá. Entering the field already disqualified, Dourado was surpassed by Melgar (Peru) by 3 to 1.
??⚽?? Vacancy in the race! THE @MelgarOficial won the @CuiabaEC 3-1 and advanced to the round of 16 of CONMEBOL #South American with the defeat of #Racing to #RiverPlateby Group B.#GreatConquest pic.twitter.com/St88gr5YPg
— CONMEBOL Sudamericana (@SudamericanaBR) May 27, 2022
Cuiabá now focuses on the Brazilian, when they take on Athletico-PR at Arena Pantanal on Sunday.
