(R) Copa Sudamericana 2009 - Nov 25
Jesus Petry
Finals, first leg (no away goal rule):
LDU (Quito-ECU) 5-1 Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro-BRA)
[Edison Méndez 21', 44', 60', Franklin Salas 78', Ulises de
la Cruz 88' - Marquinho 1']
Fluminense surprised the hosts with a hot start: Fred tried
his luck from distance, Domínguez palmed away but
Marquinho scored on the rebound from a tight angle.
Bieler was fast to take a dubious free kick and Méndez
was left unmarked; his crossing shot may have taken a
slight deflection to fly past Rafael. Méndez's free kick hit
the wall, but he met the rebound with a brilliant volley that
went in off the bar. Méndez completed his hattrick with a
header on Araujo's cross into the bottom corner. He later
assisted Salas on the fourth, a low shot into the same
corner. De la Cruz completed the rout with a thunder strike
from distance after a corner kick was rolled to him.
The second leg (Dec 2) should be a formality because Flu
will be much more worried about avoiding relegation in the
Brazilian League.
Tchau!
Jesus Petry
Lleo
Seeing this game made it easy to understand how LDU beat River Plate
7-0 in the semis. Triple crown on the way to Quito... They have a good
team, it isn't the altitude alone.
Let's see how the tricolores react. They've been fighting in two
fronts, and a 5-1 thumping can't have done wonders for their morale...
otoh, it sorta leaves their hands "free", to focus on the Brasileiro
alone. But I don't think they'll save players in the second leg, you
just don't do that in a final.
Only sure thing, Brasilian media will no longer use the word "revenge"
nearly as often, until at least the secong leg :-)
--
Lléo
Mark
> On 26 nov, 00:37, Jesus Petry <jesuspe...@pop.com.br> wrote:
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> > Finals, first leg (no away goal rule):
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> > LDU (Quito-ECU) 5-1 Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro-BRA)
> > [Edison Méndez 21', 44', 60', Franklin Salas 78', Ulises de
> > la Cruz 88' - Marquinho 1']
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> Let's see how the tricolores react. They've been fighting in two
> fronts, and a 5-1 thumping can't have done wonders for their morale...
> otoh, it sorta leaves their hands "free", to focus on the Brasileiro
> alone. But I don't think they'll save players in the second leg, you
> just don't do that in a final.
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It did happen once. (Not that I disagree with you, I just thought I'd
mention this as an interesting anecdote.) In the very first Copa
Sudamericana Final, Atletico Nacional had lost the 1st leg at home
against San Lorenzo 4-0, and they actually played 2 matches within 24
hours of each other: a Colombian League match and the 2nd leg of the
Copa Sudamericana Final at the opposite end of the continent. They
were out of the running for the Colombian League too and so made no
attempt to re-schedule either game. (Actually it might even have been
the domestic league match that they fielded reserves for, I can't
remember for sure.) Anyway they drew the 2nd leg against San Lorenzo
0-0.