“I stayed in the area confident of scoring the goal,” says Manoel, after Fluminense’s triumph

“I stayed in the area confident of scoring the goal,” says Manoel, after Fluminense’s triumph


The defender ensures Tricolor’s 1-0 victory over Colo-Colo this Thursday, in Santiago, in the group stage of the Libertadores

Scorer of Fluminense’s 1-0 winning goal against Colo-Colo this Thursday (9), Manoel provided details on the action that defined the duel. In the 29th minute of the final phase, in one of the rare Tricolore attacks, Marcelo blocks the play at the edge of the area and finishes. Careful, the defender headed past goalkeeper Cortés.

“The ball went out of the area a bit, but I stayed in the area confident of scoring the goal. Thank God I managed to score the goal,” the defender said in an interview with ESPN after leaving the match. the field.

With this result, Fluminense reaches eight points and widens its lead in group A. Colo-Colo, however, remains at four and occupies third place.

“Happy with the goal, I was able to help my team win. We knew it would be a difficult, hard-fought match. Diniz prepared us well, that it would be a decisive match, a final. We had to see it as a final and the we faced. Thank God we managed to come out with the victory.

The Tricolor das Laranjeiras returns to the field for the Libertadores on Thursday (16th), at 7pm (Brasilia time), against Cerro Porteño, at the Maracanã. The match is valid for the fifth round of Group A.




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Source: Terra

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