00:03there it is and we are rolling in Mendoza and the Copa Libertadores group C a crucial
00:09one Independiente Rivadavia hoping to secure a spot already in the round of 16 in their
00:15first ever appearance in continental play Fluminense desperate for a win to kick-start
00:20their competition a loss could have severe repercussions for their side early long ball
00:30out of the back for Independiente Rivadavia and their goalkeeper Nicolas Boccato who's
00:34celebrating his 22nd birthday today as we see their head coach Alfredo Berte who has
00:41done such a wonderful job with this side he's become a club legend along with some
00:48of these players over the past couple years they're a much more direct side in
00:51their style of play they're not afraid to play it long win second balls and they've
00:56been ruthlessly opportunistic with their finishing in their first three matches
01:00here in the Libertadores Alex Arce their striker he mentioned he scored a hat
01:07trick in their last game against La Guayra he scored four goals in three matches
01:13here in this competition he's only taken 11 shots so incredibly efficient he wins
01:20this header and then the turnaround shot is pawed aside by Fabio but nearly right
01:25away they have the first quarter of this match after Arce won the flick on what a
01:29first touch then the turn and volley that's so well done by Fabrizio Sartori
01:36technical was that it had come off Fernandez last but it is Villa now to take the corner for
01:40Independiente Rivadavia wall of blue shirts lining up at the penalty spot swung outward
01:51and the headers off the underside of the bar and it stays out then the bicycle kick
01:55attempt the frame but stayed out and that was Arce rising up for it the striker just off a hat
02:04trick in his last Libertadores match almost right back at it 12 minutes in tonight he had beaten Fabio
02:12but he didn't beat the bar again for Fluminense and now Fluminense looked to hit on the counter
02:21can they be quick enough no stepping forward with Studer to intercept
02:28Sartori to Villa with Fernandez charging forward Villa's cross on target save made Fabio keeps it
02:36out and keeps Fluminense level before halftime making the necessary save for Fluminense and it
02:43was onside it would have counted it's a save that Fabio would expect to make it's still tricky
02:49bouncing in front of him his reflexes still sharp
02:59man who not so long ago passed momentum taken out of the attack
03:08we're into two additional minutes at the end of this first half
03:13can either side find a breakthrough before Acosta will find his way into the book
03:18and say in this opening half
03:31final seconds melting away in this opening half
03:36and there is the half from referee Gustavo Tejera so a stalemate in the opening 45 in Mendoza
03:45Independiente Rivadavia again showing how tough they are to beat and they had the better chances in the
03:50first half they rattled the bar early through Alex Arce had a shot as well from Matias Fernandez that
03:56had to be saved another header later in the half that needed saving as well they outshot Fluminense 8-1
04:02despite being outpossessed nearly 70-30 at the break in a match Fluminense must win in a match where Rivadavia
04:11could book their spot in the last 16 with a victory
04:15again a Rivadavia win puts them in the round of 16 with two matches to spare Fluminense desperately in need
04:22of a win a draw doesn't do them much good tonight
04:24it wouldn't be out of contention for the knockout rounds if they only manage one point tonight but it wouldn't
04:32help a great deal either
04:33they're early foul and a free kick for Fluminense and a free kick for Fluminense at their own end line
04:44Florentine, Gomez, Villa now chest it down and Guga touched it away from him
04:50it will be a corner for Rivadavia, Guga was claiming it came off Villa last
05:10corner taken short and lots of space was Gomez he curls it back post and they score
05:19it's Arce again for Independiente Rivadavia
05:24more dark blue delight in the Libertadores
05:32another set piece routine that caught Fluminense out and this time they pay the price for it
05:38and Arce was there to bury it and possibly to bury Fluminense's Libertadores hopes for 2026
05:47and possibly to send Rivadavia already into the round of 16
05:52Arce rattled the bar with a header from a corner in the first half
05:56he did not miss that time and Rivadavia seemingly can't miss in this tournament
06:05continuing to make history
06:07he's forward that will leave gaps in the other direction
06:15Canabio
06:16it was fought hard for Fluminense tonight
06:21he was dispossessed and Villa
06:27somehow had that find Fernandez then the foul against Guga and he goes into the book
06:44everybody is literally jumping in this stadium you can see the camera as this ball is going to
06:49find the goalkeeper's hands it finds the back of the net but it's waved out
06:56I thought the ball had gone out of play initially anyhow
07:00Volcado is down holding his side
07:05let's see if this ball was kept in play by Canabio
07:07I'm not sure
07:09it's a heavy collision then
07:13although Volcado initially popped right back up to protest
07:16yeah it's not as heavy as it first looked
07:18Castillo he felt he'd won the ball cleanly he's asking why that shouldn't count
07:48it's a heavy collision
08:06Fluminense still searching
08:08into the box this goes not played very well and then the attempted volley there was a challenge there
08:13VAR will look at that here's Canabio now
08:16Canabio puts it wide
08:20who couldn't put it on frame and they still don't have a shot on target tonight
08:25much less a goal and they continue to trail by a goal to nil
08:28it's a wonderful little slipped ball for Canabio and he tried to pick out the far corner and
08:36wasn't really that close was he i mean that's
08:46there is a possibility that these could be the last 10 minutes plus
08:51of his time in charge of fluminense louis zubildia and he's going to be shown the card now as he's
08:58out of his technical area he's been very frustrated with the officiating tonight
09:04so now he is booked with 10 minutes left
09:08created in mendoza still time for fluminense to spoil it at least partially but they really needed
09:14to win tonight it would take a miracle for them to achieve that now but we are into seven additional
09:19minutes at the end of this second half so there is still some time for fluminense
09:27oh and that's given away and here's luto acosta acosta puts it across and now john
09:34kennedy it's deflected and they score flusau finds something at last tonight in mendoza and one
09:47everybody's on side and white no issues there who did it deflect off of last
09:56not sure it may have been leonel bucca may have taken a double deflection nothing that bolcado could do
10:09we've had the seven minutes we'll see how much more time is allowed by gustavo tehera free kick for
10:15rivadavia there's no more time it is over in mendoza it's a second half stoppage time fight back from
10:25fluminense to at least rescue a point it's not the result that they came here for it's a result that
10:32will disappoint independiente rivadavia although if you told them that a month ago they would have
10:38been shocked but this side that have played so well in the libertadores lose their 100 record in their
10:44debut in second half stoppage time they were so close to doing the double over the brazilian giants
10:50but john kennedy via a wicked double deflection rescues something at least for fluminense who remain
10:56bottom of the table with just two match weeks left in this group phase but do at least remain in
11:01contention and salvage at least some morale from that late rescue of a point
11:07you
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