00:00A victory for a new Fluminense here in Mendoza.
00:03The Tricolor won heroically on penalties thanks to Rivadavia.
00:07Goalkeeper Fábio, the player with the most appearances in football history,
00:11Sometimes we forget this, but Fábio is the player with the most appearances in the history of football.
00:15He wrote another chapter in this already legendary story.
00:19That's two penalties.
00:21Fábio saved two penalties against an excellent Independiente Rivadavia side.
00:26This asterisk is placed here.
00:27For those unfamiliar with Independiente Rivadavia, which is a large club,
00:30Probably only the fans of the Tricolor team will truly know what it's like to play against this team.
00:35Except for those who follow the Argentinian Championship, of course.
00:38Who else was watching this Alepra team in the Libertadores?
00:42But anyone who doesn't know Independiente Rivadavia has no idea how good this team is.
00:48That's how well-trained this team is.
00:50And how different this team is.
00:52It's very difficult to play against Independiente Rivadavia's team at Alfredo Berti stadium.
00:56It's a team that aims to counter-attack and yet remains aggressive, never ceasing to press.
01:04It's something that's difficult to understand.
01:06I am no expert in tactics, I am no scholar of tactics.
01:10And even then you see nuances of players not tracking back to defend,
01:15but at the same time positioned in a way that hinders the opponent from building,
01:20and launches a counter-attack.
01:21Finally, much credit to Independiente Rivadavia.
01:24Unfortunately, it fell, but fortunately for the Fluminense fans, it crossed paths with them.
01:30And they'll say goodbye to the Libertadores Cup, but Fluminense continues.
01:34Perhaps even some fans of the Tricolor team have developed some sympathy for Independiente Rivadavia.
01:40even though they were unable to beat the Argentinian team.
01:43That's a fact, the Argentinian team didn't win.
01:45There were three draws and one defeat, but the loss was on penalties thanks to Fábio Salvador.
01:49...and the excellent shots from... let's see if my memory is holding up.
01:53Tiago Silva, excellent free kick.
01:56Guga, excellent free kick.
01:57Lúcio Acosta lost.
01:59Then we had Martinelli, René, Hercules.
02:05I don't think I'll be able to get them all, huh?
02:09No, I don't think I'll be able to get them all.
02:11It's been too long since the collective moved to the mixed zone.
02:13Then, maybe, if the editor manages to, he'll put it here.
02:17If you can't do it, then you haven't done it.
02:19But the fact is, this is a new Fluminense.
02:21Fluminense is a new team.
02:24Since Zubeldia left.
02:26And I say this with many reservations,
02:28Because I don't think Zubeldia was the big problem with that team.
02:31I think it was falling down that slope.
02:37in this downward spiral of losing confidence.
02:38Players are losing quality due to a lack of confidence.
02:42Their technical performance is declining.
02:45And then, one thing makes the other worse, right?
02:49And what changes this Fluminense team isn't necessarily Zubeldia leaving.
02:53Obviously, I'm not there every day.
02:54I don't know exactly what the conversation goes like there.
02:58If Marcão has any significant involvement.
03:00Perhaps that's Thiago Silva's biggest word,
03:03now in partnership with Marcão,
03:05is making such a big technical and tactical difference.
03:08But, at least on the field, it doesn't seem that things are very different.
03:12It seems that Fluminense has returned to playing football with confidence, to competing.
03:17The good players at Fluminense have stopped playing badly.
03:20They began to exert the technical superiority they have today.
03:24Martinelli, once again, played a great game.
03:26Hercules started off very badly, he began to tremble all over.
03:29But then he got back into the game, he returned to the game.
03:31Lúcio Acosta, who was playing very poorly, missed the penalty.
03:33But he enters the game and changes the dynamics of the match.
03:35Fluminense, down to ten men and needing to defend,
03:40We need to find a goal to avoid going to penalties as well.
03:42With one player less, Lúcio Acosta changes the game.
03:45It completely changes the dynamics of the game.
03:46Enter there, sacrificed, in quotation marks, like a nine,
03:49It does a good job of trapping the ball there.
03:52to search, to launch a counter-attack.
03:54The other one, Serna, was sidelined.
03:57He was heavily criticized by the fans and was performing very poorly.
03:59Today he comes on, decides the game, scores the goal.
04:02It's true that he missed an easy goal in the final play.
04:04which could have qualified Fluminense,
04:06with less emotion.
04:08But Serna is also playing a good game.
04:11The game also changes, the team regroups defensively.
04:13and it also helps to contain the infiltrable attack of Independiente.
04:17He scores the goal.
04:18Ignacio, excellent game.
04:20Thiago Silva, there's nothing to say about Thiago Silva.
04:22Renê was feeling a little unwell today, but he's been feeling better.
04:25He improved, he played well against Palmeiras.
04:28It helps contain the team there.
04:30And Guga, needless to say, has taken over the starting position.
04:33Guga is playing great football.
04:34Today, once again, he played a great game against Palmeiras.
04:37He flew, he played great football too.
04:39This is the new Fluminense.
04:40But it's a new Fluminense that still has many remnants of the old Fluminense.
04:45by Luiz Uberdi.
04:46Credit must be given to Luiz Ubeldi.
04:48But he was unable to regain the team's trust.
04:51And Marcão found out.
04:52Fluminense has qualified, I'm waiting to see who their opponent is.
04:54Now that it will be decided this Wednesday,
04:57Platêncio or Coquimbo united.
05:01AND.
05:01Fluminense's path isn't too difficult.
05:03It's already possible to dream of a semi-final.
05:05One step at a time.
05:07And a possible semi-final, over there on the other side of the bracket,
05:09It has LDU, it has Serro Portenho,
05:11who drew with Palmeiras.
05:13It's affordable.
05:15Fluminense's key is accessible.
05:17You have to believe, you have to have confidence.
05:19Marcão's hard work is paying off.
05:22So, you go to Lance and you're going to check out the press conference.
05:26and the Mixed Zone portion,
05:27because we asked Marcão specifically.
05:30Regarding the continuity of the work.
05:32Guga talked about it and Thiago Silva drew it.
05:34including a possible partnership with him.
05:36But you'll only see that on the Lance website.
05:39You can go there.
05:39Goodbye.
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