In the middle of this week, the first leg of the 1/8 final of the Copa do Brasil was played, in one of the matches, Fluminense sat at home to meet Cruzeiro, in the game, Fluminense was first goal by Manoel, Cruzeiro Giovanni was sent off by a red card near the end of the first half, Oliveira equalized for Cruzeiro, Kano scored a goal against the score, and finally Fluminense won the 2-1 victory against Cruzei at home. National footballer Alain returned to Brazil from Guangzhou to join Fluminense, carrying the no. 18 shirt. Because the transfer documents were not complete, Alain did not get the opportunity to play in this game.
Fluminense is a traditional powerhouse in the Brazilian League, having won the Brazilian League four times, the most recent of which dates back to 2012 and has not won the Copa do Brasil. Cruzeiro has won 4 Brazilian League titles, 6 Copa Dopa do Brasil and 2 Copa Libertadores. But in 2019, Cruzeiro fell into a trough, ranking 17th in the Brazilian League, relegated to the Brazilian Second League, and still mixed in the Brazilian Second League. This season, Cruzeiro is ranked No. 1 in the Bargue 2, and after 3 years of slump, cruzeiro has the opportunity to return to the Baliga this season.
Fluminense against Cruzei, the home team sent a starting lineup of 10.55 million euros, with Kano, Luis, Ganso, John, Manoel and other main players leading the game. Cruzeiro sent a starting line-up of €250,000, with Rodolfo, Eduardo, Fernando pairing up front, Matus, Machado, Willian, Giovanni in midfield. Historical records show that in the last 10 meetings between the two teams, Fluminense has achieved 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. At the beginning of the game, Fluminense took the lead in attacking, and in the 2nd minute, Fluminense won a corner kick opportunity, Cano opened a corner, Andu's header was slightly off target. In the 18th minute, Ganso assisted Manoel to score first, giving Fluminense a 1-0 home lead over Cruzeiro.
In the 42nd minute, Giovanni was sent off directly by the referee with a red card, Cruzeiro played one less man on the field, and in the final stages of first-half stoppage time, Machado assisted Oliveira to equalize the score, and Fluminense ended the first half 1-1 Cruzeiro.
In the 57th minute, Arias assisted Carnot to score a goal, and Fluminense once again led Cruzei 2-1. After that, Fluminense took advantage of the opportunity to play one more person on the field to attack Rucero's goal, and in the 68th minute, Fluminense's midfielder Andre broke through to the outside of the penalty area with the ball and suddenly applied a cold arrow, the ball hit the crossbar and came out of the background, after which both sides were not able to rewrite the score, and finally Fluminense won 2-1 against Cruzeiro and took the lead. The second leg of the match will take place on July 13.
According to the data after the game, Fluminense had 64% of the ball in this match, with 32 shots on goal, and only scored 2 goals in 9 shots. After Cruzeiro was sent off, he was in a completely passive position, with only 36% of the ball in possession, five shots on goal, only 1 shot on target, and scored a key away goal. Fluminense remained unbeaten at home against Cruzeiro for 10 consecutive years, with the last time Fluminense lost at home dating back to the 2012 League.