And to say that Fluminense was the least fit team of the four Brazilian clubs in the running for the Club World Cup in the United States … Brazil champion and winner of the Copa Libertadores in 2023, the FLU was catastrophic last season (13th in the standings, 30 points from the first two, Botafogo and Palmeiras). Since the start of the new Brasileiro, at the end of March, the team of Thiago Silva does not shine either (it is Flamengo who torches in the lead).
Fluminense will however compete in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup! Thiago Silva always writes his legend. The former PSG captain (2012-2020), a monument to world football, will celebrate his 41 years in two months! In this team, the titular goalkeeper is even 44 years old! Fabio was in the Brazil group during the 2003 Confederations Cup behind Dida and Julio César…
After having created the surprise by released the Inter in 8th (2-0), the Flu came to the end of Al-Hilal (2-1), Friday in Orlando. The Saudi training therefore eliminated Manchester City, during a incredible meeting (3-4, AP), for nothing! It is Fluminense who will face the winner of Palmeiras-Chelsea, scheduled for the evening in Philadelphia (3am in France).
Thiago Silva holds good
A superb goal woke up this quarter-final before half-time: Matheus Martinelli opened the scoring of a magnificent left crossed strike that Yassine Bounou could not divert (40th). Al-Hilal was too disappointing offensively despite Sergej Milinkovic-Savic or Malcom (Captain Vedette Salem al-Dawsari was forfeited). It was on a stopped phase that Marcos Leonardo equalized in force on a deviation from Kalidou Koulibaly (51st), for his 4th goal of the tournament.
But the flu has therefore had the last. The Brazilian team has again played a blow and Hercules, which entered half-time, escaped in the Saudi surface to restore the advantage to its team (70th). Thiago Silva and his teammates held up to the end. Their club scoring its name in the last square of the first club World Cup at 32 participants.
