Fluminense punished for errors, lose to RB Bragantino in Brasileirão | OneFootball

Fluminense was defeated by RB Bragantino 4-2 on Saturday afternoon (23rd), at the Cícero de Souza Marques stadium in Bragança Paulista, for the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship.

The first half began with a complete blackout from Fluminense. In the very first minute, Bragantino opened the scoring. Vanderlan crossed into the area, Laquitana set it up, and Jhon Jhon smashed it into the tricolor net. In the next play, at the 3rd minute, Massa Bruta extended their lead with Sasha, who received a pass from Laquitana at the edge of the box and beat Fábio with his finish.

Only after the second goal did Fluminense wake up. Even so, Renato Gaúcho’s team found it very difficult on the field. There were many misplaced passes and a persistence with crosses that posed no threat. As time went on, Bragantino became cornered and started to only defend. In stoppage time, at 46 minutes, the tricolor finally scored. Acosta made a good pass, Canobbio set it back, and Hércules arrived to shoot.

In the second half, the story repeated itself: in the first play, at 2 minutes, another goal for Bragantino. Laquitana received a cross from Vanderlan and scored with a header. Flu pulled one back with Lucho Acosta, who was making his first start. The midfielder took advantage of the rebound from Guga’s shot and fired into an empty net.

During a moment of tricolor pressure for the equalizer, Laquitana (already on a yellow card) slapped Fuentes in the face. The incident sparked protests from the entire Flu bench, but the referee took no action.Before conceding the fourth goal, Fluminense had a great chance to tie the game. Soteldo crossed perfectly to Fuentes, but the full-back headed poorly. Right after, in a moment of tremendous misfortune for Guga, who slipped, Davi Gomes broke away and chipped Fábio, scoring the fourth goal for the São Paulo team.

With the defeat, Fluminense drops to ninth place, with 27 points, and could lose more positions by the end of the round.

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