Boca Juniors vs. Fluminense - Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from Boca Juniors vs. Fluminense, 11/04/2023
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00:00 We are just about ready for kickoff.
00:02 [Crowd cheering]
00:06 And the ball underway.
00:08 Boca Juniors and Fluminense of the most libertadores ever.
00:13 Boca trying to join them.
00:15 In fact, you take a look at four of the top five,
00:18 all Argentinian.
00:20 The only sore thumb in there is Peñarol, who have won five.
00:24 Marcello whips it in, glancing header,
00:26 but right into the waiting arms of Romero.
00:30 Good positioning, but maybe a sharper touch from Cano,
00:34 and it's 1-0 Fluminense.
00:36 Absolutely, and that's where he makes his living.
00:39 Brilliant ball in, by the way, by Marcello,
00:41 who goes over to the right side to take all the sepitas,
00:44 including corners, and the pace he can put in the ball,
00:47 the precision, the bend as well, hard to defend.
00:51 And yes, Cano would like to get that one back
00:53 because he's redirect, not powerful enough.
00:56 Needs to snap that neck to make Romero, you know,
01:01 a little bit more uncomfortable in this situation.
01:04 Again, the credit, Cano, for getting into that position.
01:06 You know, first, maybe first header,
01:08 obviously, maybe not warmed up yet,
01:10 but the fact that he was able to get into that position
01:13 and get it toward goal is an encouraging sign
01:15 for Fluminense going forward,
01:16 and Almeida might be a little bit worried about that.
01:19 Again, Cano not exactly the tallest player out there,
01:23 but he does have the guile to find a bit of an opening
01:26 only 5'9", but that header was practically undefendable,
01:30 but for Romero.
01:32 - Yeah, and a guy that scored against
01:34 obviously Olympia, Argentina juniors as well,
01:37 scored, I think, a head trick against River Plate.
01:41 A guy, as I said, again, that makes his living in the box.
01:43 A guy, by the way, 35, never been called up
01:46 for the Argentina national team.
01:47 - Yet, here comes Boca the other way.
01:50 Cavani out wide, Marentiel, the shot,
01:52 but a laser beam into the arms,
01:55 and that was a chance for Boca to take the lead.
01:58 Fabio with--
01:59 - If they turn the ball over quickly,
02:01 you could get it out wide to Advincular.
02:02 Has a ton of space to run into,
02:05 leaving that that was vacated by Marcelo,
02:08 so there's the danger.
02:09 - Then you need cover, you need attention,
02:11 you need concentration, and that doesn't always last.
02:14 The header up and over by Nino that just misses the post.
02:18 Goal kick for Romero.
02:19 - Yeah, right now, the delivery of Marcelo
02:22 has been absolutely spot on.
02:24 Third time that somebody was able to get his head on it,
02:26 and I think in both cases,
02:28 here and also in Cano's case, you need to do better.
02:33 That's a big man with a pretty clear header
02:36 under some duress, which is gonna happen.
02:38 You gotta get that on target.
02:40 So far, Romero not been threatening
02:44 with his dominant performance in terms of, again,
02:46 possession for the home side.
02:49 - Fluminense, so I say, "Bolka, well done.
02:53 You're technically on the road, let's be real honest."
02:56 - Tackle in the midfield, Roldan right there.
02:59 Ball split to the midfield,
03:01 but stripped away nicely by Cano.
03:03 Marcelo back in his more natural position.
03:07 André rolling it wide.
03:10 André, maybe not as flashy as Barco.
03:13 He does a lot of the water carrying
03:15 to allow the likes of Marcelo and Ganso
03:18 to do their magic.
03:20 Ball launched, good cover.
03:23 Fabra pinching in,
03:25 but Fluminense maintains possession.
03:27 10 minutes left to go, regulation.
03:29 Nice little give and go.
03:30 Drop to the spot.
03:31 Cano shot!
03:32 Goal!
03:33 Goal!
03:34 Goal!
03:35 Fluminense!
03:35 And it starts with a give and go on the far flank,
03:38 and a lightning quick attack has given Flu the lead.
03:42 - This shows you, here we go again.
03:44 Let great give and go.
03:45 People must stay with the runners.
03:47 And I'm telling you, Cano does so well.
03:49 Initially, he leads his body to go far post.
03:53 He pulls back two or three yards
03:55 to open the lane for that pass.
03:58 And then, yeah, and I don't see this team
04:00 being able to alter their style of play either.
04:02 They might push a little bit more.
04:04 They might play high pressure a little more
04:07 that second half.
04:08 It's very interesting to see.
04:10 - The second half underway.
04:16 The Colombian blows the whistle.
04:19 Fluminense with possession.
04:21 Marcelo, it's a 20.
04:24 Fluminense just says, "Okay."
04:26 Then will come down his wing.
04:28 - Which is a great point,
04:29 'cause he's defended more than he's been able to attack.
04:32 - Here's Advincula.
04:33 Cannon shot!
04:34 Side netting, but on the wrong side of the post.
04:37 - And go after the left side of the defensive book,
04:39 because Fabudai is not known for being a strong defender.
04:42 So he is prone to be out of position a little bit.
04:46 So if he doesn't get out from Barco,
04:48 then boom, that's easy.
04:49 And then with, you guys mentioned,
04:50 we probably should have been a penalty there.
04:52 You wonder if maybe Boca psychologically
04:55 is getting, coming unglued a little bit
04:57 with the rough tackles and then yelling
04:59 and the trash talking going forth
05:01 about the overloading and the flooding,
05:04 and then the quick switch out wide.
05:07 Or actually to the middle there.
05:08 Advincula has had to come all the way over
05:11 to the middle of the penalty box.
05:12 He's being man-marked, he's man-marking Germancano,
05:16 but Marcelo was lurking.
05:17 So to your point, Thomas, the two V one.
05:19 If they make that quick switch,
05:21 you have Marcelo, who's brilliant with his passing
05:23 and his technique on the ball.
05:26 And then you have Germancano, who's a devastating finisher,
05:29 with Advincula as the only defender.
05:31 So the tactics working out well for Fernando Eugenes.
05:34 - Out on the far flank, Boca trying to find an opening.
05:37 Medina scrambling to get around Marcelo, but can't.
05:41 Again, Fluminense throwing numbers
05:43 and coming away with possession.
05:45 Giovanni and Medantiel, well, practically invisible
05:49 unless they're arguing with the ref.
05:51 Ball headed down, Boca gets it back, but flat-footed.
05:56 Flu comes away with it.
05:57 Valentini launching it high in the air.
05:59 Well, the tango houses in La Boca right now
06:03 have fallen silent.
06:05 They are watching their beloved Boca Juniors
06:08 trailing, scrambling to try and get back in this.
06:11 Ball swept across, out comes Fabio with the punch.
06:15 Met near the top of the box,
06:17 and Ezequiel Fernandez bumped off the ball.
06:20 No whistle, says Roldan.
06:22 Goose meet Gander, or should I say meet Gonzo.
06:25 Out to the far flank, Figao.
06:28 And it's going to be a free kick near the midfield stripe.
06:30 - Yeah, there's the pace of Fluminense there
06:34 with Arias going forward.
06:36 And we were talking about substitutions
06:38 and Hanson and Benedetto coming on.
06:42 You got to figure at this point,
06:43 you have to take out maybe Paul Fernandez
06:45 and then move Medina into the middle there
06:47 if you bring on Hanson.
06:48 I don't know if you take out in a final like this
06:52 where you need a goal, maybe you play three up top
06:54 with Benedetto, Medantiel, and Cavani.
06:56 And then Benedetto could be that true penalty box
07:00 number nine player.
07:01 And then Medantiel and Cavani can work underneath him.
07:03 That might help create some more chances for Boca.
07:07 - If your system is based on a 4-4-2,
07:09 which it is throughout, it's going to be tough.
07:12 But yes, you might as well right now, George.
07:15 I agree with you.
07:16 - Balda-Marcello, 69th minute.
07:19 Can they hold on?
07:20 Boca has been able to force penalties
07:22 throughout the knockout stage and eventually advance.
07:26 Today, there would be no further round.
07:29 It's the trophy on the line.
07:30 Here's Martinelli inside, shot Andre,
07:33 but down goes Romero with the stop.
07:36 - Remembering in Libertadores finals pass,
07:39 there've been two legs.
07:41 Just one match this time,
07:42 so Boca cannot kind of rest on the results.
07:46 - Ball whipped across, too shy for Medantiel.
07:51 Boca now scrambling to win it back in the midfield.
07:55 Rodon letting Boca fight to get the ball back.
07:58 Chance for Fernandez, cannon shot,
08:01 but stopped by Fabio on the goal line.
08:03 - They need to do that.
08:06 If they can't get the ball into the penalty area with the-
08:08 - Xavier waiting to get permission
08:10 to get back onto the field.
08:11 The referee seems to be ignoring him.
08:13 Maybe thinking he was trying to bleed the clock a bit.
08:19 Out wide, Medina, Advincula.
08:22 Not as adventurous as he had been in the past.
08:25 The Peruvian across the 18, rifles a back corner!
08:28 And he's done it again!
08:29 - Wow!
08:30 - He slides through the top of the 18
08:32 and slices in his fourth of the tournament.
08:35 We're tied at one.
08:37 - Fulbeck, by the way, to cut in on his left leg
08:41 and surprises through traffic.
08:44 'Cause all of a sudden, look at the numbers.
08:46 And Fluminense is just dropping, dropping, dropping,
08:49 not putting any pressure on the ball.
08:51 And at the end of the day, I'm saying,
08:52 "Fabio, you gotta do better."
08:54 Although this ball, as I said again,
08:56 comes through a lot of bodies
08:58 and he sees it very late.
08:59 Well-placed ball, but not with a lot of power.
09:02 Unbelievable.
09:06 The Boca is back.
09:09 - And let's see.
09:12 Lima, the other, do they make three changes here?
09:16 It looks like they have.
09:18 - Like he used to 10, 15 years ago
09:20 when he was scoring a ton of goals for Napoli and PSG.
09:23 I mentioned the pressure to play with Boca
09:25 is a lot bigger than any club.
09:27 - Slop to Andre and the shot from distance,
09:30 Fout Cavani, is starting to prove more dangerous.
09:34 - And Benedetto now is the one in the penalty area
09:40 attracting defenders.
09:41 - Even though he's a bit shorter in stature,
09:43 Benedetto more the center forward
09:45 and Medentia playing off of him here.
09:47 Reaching back, Kennedy, and a foul with the pushback
09:52 and a yellow card coming out against the youngster.
09:57 - Boca putting Fluminense under pressure.
10:00 Fluminense into the middle for Lima.
10:05 Good run out wide, Barboza into the 18.
10:07 Barboza misses the net.
10:10 It looked like he had the chance to take it himself,
10:13 maybe tried to pass,
10:15 but Boca can let out a huge sigh of relief.
10:18 - Yeah, Barboza from the left fullback position
10:21 making a timely run on sides as well.
10:23 Wants to go far post, needs to, in my opinion,
10:27 check that shoelaces, tries to place the ball
10:31 with the inside of the foot.
10:32 What a good opportunity.
10:33 It was very good first touch, by the way,
10:35 to get away from pressure.
10:37 - You take a look at Keno, he's saying,
10:40 "If you're gonna pass it, make it a better one."
10:42 - Better pass, yeah.
10:43 But also Cano had peeled back a little bit.
10:45 So if Barboza just kind of cuts it back into the middle,
10:48 Cano, one touch, two, one, they have the trophy there.
10:51 - Well, will that be the final chance of the second half?
10:55 Romero ready to put this into orbit,
10:57 all eyes and ears on Wilmer Voldaan.
10:59 And it looks like we have ended the 90 minutes
11:04 and we are about to head to 30 minutes more of extra time.
11:08 We are still awaiting the victor.
11:11 And we are underway.
11:19 30 minutes, two 15-minute halves of extra time.
11:22 You see, Hansson in,
11:26 as Boca making only its third change.
11:30 Fluminense will now get a sixth change
11:34 because we are in extra time.
11:36 Kennedy, who has been very influential off the bench,
11:40 spins away, driving in on Valentini,
11:43 tries to cut through the double team,
11:45 but the ball bounds free for Sergio Romero.
11:48 - Yeah, it'll be interesting to see here
11:51 how Kennedy, what he can do to upset it
11:55 and kind of disorganize this back line of Boca,
12:00 who especially in the middle,
12:01 if he got on Valentini, haven't been penetrated.
12:04 It was the movement on that right side
12:06 that drew that back line to shift over
12:09 that allowed the goal for Cano,
12:11 but those two have been pretty solid in the middle.
12:13 - 155 matches.
12:17 Averaging about two and a half goals,
12:20 which means we're missing about a half.
12:22 Looking for the corner, but Romero gets there first.
12:24 - Down a little bit.
12:25 They're kind of forced to go for the long distance here.
12:30 That was headed toward goal.
12:31 Deliberate with the possession here for Boca.
12:34 That's a good thing for them
12:35 if they can make the right connection of passes.
12:38 - Goes Fernandez, takedown on the break
12:41 as the ball was stolen away, over scrambles.
12:44 The referee, Wilmer Huldon, with his control.
12:47 Patience from Lima.
12:49 Brings it all the way back.
12:52 All it takes is one.
12:53 Kennedy, back to goal, lifted into the area,
13:00 settled for Kennedy.
13:01 The strike to the corner!
13:03 Oh, what a buildup for Fluminense!
13:06 And it is John Kennedy with a shot heard around the world.
13:11 - Actually, George, take this one and give me,
13:15 what do you call this guy right here?
13:18 Come on!
13:18 - Oh, Presidente!
13:20 - Well, maybe an inaugural moment
13:25 for the Libertadores champions
13:27 as he goes into the crowd to celebrate
13:29 and some of his teammates go with him.
13:31 Something that could incite the fans,
13:35 but that would be a huge blow.
13:37 Kennedy's goal could give Fluminense the lead,
13:41 but they will still have nearly 20 minutes to kill,
13:45 short-handed, if that is a red against the young striker.
13:49 - I have, if I have to give an MVP right now,
13:51 it's Cano with his second assist.
13:54 He provides that first goal brilliantly
13:57 as a typical winger.
13:58 This time it starts actually with Kennedy
14:01 holding up the ball, finding somebody as well,
14:04 continuing his run, and then Cano just with a-
14:07 - Peeling away.
14:09 Yellow card coming out.
14:10 Now, is that going to be to someone on the bench?
14:13 Red card!
14:14 - Ooh, that second yellow for someone.
14:16 - Well, was that a second yellow or a straight red?
14:21 - You have to, yeah.
14:22 A method to break your fall,
14:24 and this ball does touch.
14:26 - And he's already seen enough.
14:28 - The law of the game is very, very clear on this one.
14:32 - VAR, now will he reach out and wipe out the yellow?
14:35 - Yep.
14:36 - The yellow's off, and a red card.
14:39 Boca has surrendered its man advantage.
14:42 10 on 10, and Fluminense in front
14:46 with another extra session to go.
14:48 - I said that the second yellow to John Kennedy
14:51 for this goal celebration, forcing the red,
14:54 was a stupid decision by the referee.
14:57 This is a stupid decision by Franc Fabra.
14:59 Your team is trailing by a goal.
15:02 You have a man advantage.
15:04 Keep your composure there.
15:05 There's no reason for this.
15:07 Even if there was a reason, you still don't do it.
15:10 It's just really idiotic on his part.
15:12 - And it is one of those things that separates
15:16 the true professionals from the others.
15:19 If Fabra can hold onto that emotion
15:23 and find a different way to express it.
15:24 - Exactly.
15:25 - It does not eliminate the opportunities for Boca,
15:29 but it definitely makes the hill that much taller.
15:32 (crowd cheering)
15:35 - And Nino, you have to say, as the captain,
15:38 he did his job.
15:39 Did his job.
15:40 He pushes the defender, and then draws the red card,
15:43 draws the psychological mistake from Fabra there.
15:47 - Now, if you are Jorge Almiron,
15:50 do you make the switch and bring in a Sarahi?
15:54 Do you maybe even...
15:57 (crowd cheering)
16:00 (crowd cheering)
16:03 - And we are underway in the second stanza of extra time.
16:08 Two more subs for the attacking player
16:10 throughout the course of this match.
16:12 Long switch near side, Boca bringing it down.
16:15 Over Guga, the substitute to defend.
16:21 Redded in, Benedetto on the turn,
16:25 the shot to the corner!
16:27 Whistles wide, creating that opening.
16:29 Almost single-handedly.
16:31 - Yeah, and going back,
16:33 they've done this whole season, quite frankly.
16:37 - They need to get the ball first.
16:38 To Medina on the sideline.
16:42 Ball whipped in, grabbed by Fabio,
16:44 pops onto the loose ball just in time.
16:47 - That's where Fabio just...
16:52 This is when Fabio has to be a major player here.
16:57 In every major final, you need your goalkeeper
16:59 to make two or three good big...
17:01 - Ball the other way,
17:02 and off to the races comes Sean Adias.
17:05 Could take it to the corner, or perhaps in for Cano.
17:09 Back to Adias, spins it to the middle.
17:12 The chance trickles off the post and out!
17:16 Oh, so close to the insurance goal from Guga.
17:20 - It's a Boca that's lacking right now.
17:23 - Ball from Adias.
17:25 - Just falls perfectly.
17:27 You know what?
17:30 I think Guga's first touch is a little too heavy.
17:31 - Very good point, George.
17:33 Absolutely.
17:34 You take that little bit off his chest
17:36 instead of bringing it out.
17:38 Bring that chest in, it'll fall perfectly.
17:41 Gets away from him, and now he's gonna stretch.
17:44 - But Wilmer Rodon is not ready yet.
17:47 There it is! - There we go.
17:48 - The final whistle, and Fluminense,
17:52 the champions of the 2023 Copa Libertadores,
17:57 Fernando Genis.
17:59 (electronic music)
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