The Brazilian club Fluminense has prevailed in the quarter-finals of the club World Cup against Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia.
The goals in the 2-1 (1: 0) scored Martinelli (40th) and Hércules (70th) for Fluminensee, Marcos Leonardo (51.) scored for Al-Hilal. The opponent of Fluminenses in the semifinals is the winner from the quarter -final game between Chelsea from England and Palmeiras from Brazil, which took place on Saturday at 3 a.m. CEST.
In the other semi-finals, the winners of the Bayern Munich game against Paris Saint-Germain and the game Borussia Dortmund meet against Real Madrid. Bayern’s game will take place on Saturday at 6 p.m., that of BVB at 10 p.m.
During a minute’s silence for the Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident, his Portuguese national team colleague João Cancelo and Ruben Neves fought tears.
Martinelli meets, al-Hilal close to the equalization
In the event of great heat, there was little decisive factor on the square until Martinellli struck. When Al-Hilals team did not get the ball out of the danger zone, Freytes played the ball from the left into the penalty area, where Martinelli hit the corner with a remarkable shot (40th). Al-Hilal almost found the answer: Rúben Neves flanked a free kick from the right into the penalty area, Kalidou Koulibaly’s header on the right corner scratched fluminens’s goalkeeper Fábio from the line (45.+2).
Referee Danny Makkelie on the Var screen
Seconds later, referee Danny Makkelie focused on: he initially gave a penalty for Al-Hilal when Samuel Xavier from Fluminense Al-Hilals Marcos Leonardo had easily hit the hoe (45.+2). According to the pictures, Makkelie took the decision back and referred to a “normal football contact” in his announcement.
Al-Hilal meets, but fluminense with the winning gate
Shortly after the break, however, Al-Hilal met: After a corner, Koulibaly headed to Marcos Leonardo, who only had to insert from five meters (51.). Fluminenses Cano freely missed the again in front of the gate, he failed on Al-Hilals goalkeeper Bono (55.).
Hércules then achieved the winning goal Fluminenses: his shot from 25 meters was blocked, and Samuel Xavier put on the rebound for Hércules, who hit the left corner (70.).
Al-Hilals Nasser Al-Dawsari (left) in a duel with John Arias (Fluminense)