Fluminense under pressure but win in historic match for Fábio | OneFootball

Fábio celebrated his 1,390th game in his career and the record for the athlete who most often took to the field in football history with a win.

With goals from Serna and Canobbio, Fluminense defeated Fortaleza 2-1 on Saturday (16), at Maracanã.

Game valid for the 20th round of Brasileirão-2025.

And which featured a good performance by the tricolor goalkeeper, who equaled Peter Shilton, the legendary former English goalkeeper who was the only record holder.

'Cristiano Sernaldo' makes the difference

Fluminense opened the scoring just nine minutes in after Serna showed skill, luck, and competence to serve up the "01" tricolor.

Goal number 19 for the number 14 jersey this season.

Serna would decide again in the final stage, at 19, leaving Canobbio in good shape to score.

The fight of Laion

Fortaleza didn't feel the "blow" of Cano's goal.

They even scored with Kervin Andrade, but VAR confirmed the ball touched his arm.

Fábio worked (and a lot) already in the second half to frustrate Pikachu.

Renato Paiva's team reorganized after conceding the second goal.

And scored with Breno Lopes after a lethal attack with Alanzinho (27').

Fortaleza insisted, sought the equalizer, but was unsuccessful.

📊 Table and schedule 📅

Fluminense reached 27 points in 18 games. Approaching the G-6.

Fortaleza remains with 15. And can drop to the penultimate position.

Both will play again next Tuesday (19).

Flu will host América de Cali in the return of the South American eighth-finals - they won 1-0 in Colombia.

Laion, in turn, will visit Argentine Vélez Sarsfield in search of the Libertadores quarterfinals after the 0-0 draw at home.

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