On an off night, Fluminense concede late and draws with Sport | OneFootball

Fluminense was on its way to its third consecutive victory in the Brazilian Championship, but conceded a goal at the last minute and only drew with the bottom team Sport, 2-2, on Wednesday night (1st), at Ilha do Retiro.

The first half was quite uneventful. Fluminense dominated but only had two significant chances. In the first, Canobbio hit the post, and on the rebound, was stopped by goalkeeper Gabriel's defense. Later, Martinelli found the net, but the goal was disallowed due to a foul by Ignácio at the start of the play.

Photo: Paulo Paiva/Sport Recife

In the second half, the match became thrilling. Fluminense took the lead with Lucho Acosta, capitalizing on a pass from Serna, who collected the rebound from a Cano shot. Sport equalized with the experienced Lucas Lima. The Sport midfielder received a beautiful pass from Hyoran and lobbed it over goalkeeper Fábio.

Towards the end, at the 82nd minute, Ignácio was brought down inside the area after a great individual play. The penalty was awarded after a VAR review. John Kennedy, who had replaced Cano, took the shot and scored his first goal since returning to Fluminense. In the last minute of the match, when everything seemed settled, Sport managed to equalize with a header from Lucas Cândido.

Despite the disappointing result, Fluminense reached 35 points and moved up one position in the standings, jumping from 8th to 7th place. The team could be overtaken by the end of the round.

Fluminense's next match is this Saturday (4th) at 6:30 PM, against Atlético-MG, at Maracanã, for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship.

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