The teams arrive in the top eight in the tournament after eliminating the European giants
Fluminense e Al-hilal make the most surprising comparison of the quarterfinals of the World clubs This Friday, at 16h (from Brasilia), to Orlando. In a tournament that won the fans with unusual duels, the “random game” deserves to be among the first four of the competition and a step out of the decision.
Neither teams ranked the 16 first round in his group. The Fluminense was behind Borussia Dortmund, while Al-Hilal saw Real Madrid having the command. So everyone had recent European finalists Giants and Champions League. Inter are the current deputy, the same performance as 2022/23, when he lost right in Manchester City.
Renato Gaúcho’s Fluminense has created a defense to the Italian to keep international. The strategy should not be the same for the duel against Al-Hilal, although the Saudi team has stars who have still recently played at the highest level of world football.
This is because Renato planned the game against Inter to reflect the Italians. The Saudi team, although he has given priority to defend himself to win the Manchester City 4-3, does not act with three defenders. Fluminense tends to resume the formation they were using.
“My daughter went to the hotel to go out for dinner and I said no, that I was about to see the game of our future opponent (Inter). I thought of the scheme that we would use and, in my head, the best scheme would have been that of three defenders, to reflect their team, “explained the coach, revealing the scholar after the victory.
However, the technician highlights the ability that Fluminense has to know the right time to go on the attack. “My team knew to defend himself, he knew how to suffer and at the right time we killed the game. It is a team aware of what to do on the pitch,” he said.
Sotelf is a piece that may appear as new during the game. The Venezuelan, taken by Fluminense a few days before the start of the World Cup, has not yet debuted due to a muscle injury.
Renê, suspended by two yellow cards, is out. Nonato, Martinelli, Arias, Keno and Coach Renato are hanging. If any of them are warned by the paper, he will be out of the semifinal. Only in the next phase, the cards are zeroed so that a possible suspension for two yellows do not take anyone out of the decision.
The victory over City has brought the Saudi football back to the center of attention again. Those who played in the country for some seasons have stressed that the level grows. “We wanted to demonstrate that Al-Hilal has the talent and power to be here,” said defender Koulibaly, ex Napoli and Chelsea.
The former Marcos Leonardo di Sao Marcos shares the artillery of the World Cup with 12 other players, all with three goals each. He and Malcom, in addition to Renan Lodi, are the Brazilian protagonists of Al-Hilal in this age. The cast still has Kaio César.
Brazil players in the team bring a legacy started by Rivelino, who went to Saudi Arabia in 1978 under the command of Zagallo. There were three seasons until the star retired.
The success of the midfielder led the club to invest in Brazilians. Since then, there have been three dozens of players from the climbing country and 20 assumed coaches. The first was Paulo Amaral, the physical coach of the world champion team in 1958 and who even directed Juventus in Italy.
Technical file
Fluminense x al-hilal
Fluminense – Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Thiago Silva, Ignácio and Fuentes; Martinelli and Ercole; Canobbio, Noneato and Jhon Arias; Germán pipe. Technical: Renato Gaúcho.
Al -hilal – bono; João Cancelo, Al-Hhabi, Koulibaly and Renan Lodi; Nasser Al-Dawsari, Ruben Neve and Milinkovic-Savic; Malcom, Marcos Leonardo and Kanno. Technical: Simone Inzaghi.
Referee – Danny Desmond Makkelie (Hol).
Time – 16h (Brasilia).
Position – Camping World, in Orlando, Florida.
Where to watch – Globo (Open TV), Sportv (closed TV), Cazétv (YouTube), Amazon Primevideo and Dazn (streaming).
Source: Terra
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