Win or elimination: Fluminense could crash out of Libertadores today | OneFootball

Why could Fluminense be eliminated this Tuesday (19)?

Fluminense have a decisive match this Tuesday (19) against Bolívar (BOL), in the fifth round of the Libertadores group stage. Flamengo’s rival are bottom of Group C and, if they fail to win, they will be eliminated from the competition.

This situation is due to the fact that Fluminense currently have only two points. Bolívar, the group’s second-placed team, have five and won the first meeting against the Rio club 2-0.

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With this scenario, if Fluminense draw or lose, they will already be eliminated from the Libertadores. In addition, in this round, Flu only have a chance of overtaking Bolívar if they win by a three-goal margin, thus gaining the advantage in the head-to-head tiebreaker.

What result does Fluminense need?

Therefore, the only thing that matters to Fluminense is beating Bolívar at the Maracanã. In addition, they need to win by three or more goals to depend only on themselves in the final round of the group stage.

And Flamengo?

Flamengo are on course to qualify in the Libertadores and face Estudiantes (ARG) this Wednesday (20) at the Maracanã. The match is scheduled for 9:30 PM (Brasília time), in the fifth round of the group stage.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.