📹 Tense derby, Fluminense keep Vasco in Brasileirão's bottom four | OneFootball

The best home team in the Brazilian Championship, Fluminense got its "revenge" on Vasco after being eliminated by its rival in the Copa do Brasil.

Thanks to a goal from Lucho Acosta, Tricolor won this tense derby on Saturday (5) 1-0.

And kept Cruz-Maltino in the Brasileirão relegation zone.

The match was valid for the 26th round and took place at the Maracanã. 

Check out the highlights below. 

More fighting than good football...

Vasco had total control of the action for much of the first half.

It faced a Fluminense side that made a lot of mistakes trying to move up the pitch and attack.

But it was very poor when it came to finishing. It piled on the pressure, but failed to make it count. 

The historically tense derby kept getting even hotter as the minutes passed. 

Including two scuffles involving players from the benches. And tempers were flaring more and more. 

Referee Davi de Oliveira Lacerda, from Espírito Santo, started to become the "main character."

He was targeted (mainly) by Fluminense, which wanted at least one sending-off.

Tricolor stopped suffering, but its lack of inspiration and creativity "spoke louder."

Hulk even had a good chance, but his attempt to chip the goalkeeper was not well executed.

The No. 7 himself was far from happy with the officiating, mentioning Davi's "chest bump" on Canobbio. 

Flu 'gets into' the game

The second half came, and Tricolor moved the ball better.

Lucho came on in the 58th minute. And he needed only three minutes to finish off Soteldo's first good play and score after getting past Piton. 

It was his first goal for Flu since February.

Vasco gradually found itself again on the pitch.

Also because of Tricolor's approach of giving its rival space.

Tricolor wanted counterattacks.

And it had a great one with Serna, who could not beat Léo Jardim — in a play where Adson, his marker, pulled him back.

Vasco did not give up on trying to get at least one point — which would have kept it out of the bottom four.

And its big chance came as late as the 93rd minute, with Andrés Gómez. 

📊 Standings and schedule 📆

Fluminense moved up to 45 points, reclaiming fourth place, which it had lost to Bahia earlier.

Vasco, meanwhile, stayed on 25. And remains at the top of the bottom four with a game in hand. 

It even runs the risk of dropping as many as two more places as the round continues. 

Both teams now turn their focus to the first legs of the quarterfinals in their respective South American competitions.

On Tuesday (9), Fluminense will face Platense at the Maracanã.

And Cruz-Maltino, on the same day, will visit Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia.

They will return to Brasileirão action next Saturday (12).

FFC will travel to Belo Horizonte to face Atlético.

And CRVG will take on Grêmio in Porto Alegre. 

Photo: Marcelo Gonçalves/Fluminense 

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