Impressive goal by John Kennedy gave Fluminense the first Copa Libertadores against Boca Juniors [Video]

In a vibrant 120 minute match, Fluminense managed to hit the table and managed to win the Copa Libertadores this Saturday, by beating Boca Juniors 2-1 to win the first continental trophy in their history as home fans at the Maracaná in Brazil.

With a great goal from the young Fluminense striker John Kennedy, born in 2002, Fluminense was able to overcome Boca Juniors’ attempt to win its seventh Libertadores title.

The run-up to the match was strongly marked by clashes between the fans of the local Fluminense and Boca Juniors throughout Rio de Janeiro, but already at the Maracaná the atmosphere made us forget the previous violence, with both fans contributing full color to the spectacle.

From the first minute both Boca Juniors and Fluminense sought to seal the first on the scoreboard but the blocked game in the middle of the field prevented the home and visitor from functioning correctly.

However, the first to step into a dangerous area were the Argentines through Edinson Cavani. A filtered pass from Ezequiel Barco left the Uruguayan alone in front of the goalkeeper, but instead of taking the ball and shooting at the goal, he decided to give it up to a teammate who ultimately did not receive the ball.

And Cavani’s failure was confirmed by Fluminense who, on the first dangerous chance they had, opened the scoring thanks to their scorer Germán Cano.

A great drive from the right by Jhon Arias and a one-two with Ganso ended with a killer pass for Cano, unmarked, to shoot from the penalty spot and make it 1-0 in favor of Flu.

Boca Juniors did not recover from the blow, who had to wait until the halftime break to try to reorganize and find the game in the second half.

And the rearrangement in the dressing room had an effect because the Xeneize team showed a new face from the 45th minute that in the end was fundamental for them to achieve equality.

After so many attempts, one that appeared in the entire Copa Libertadores was once again transcendental: the Peruvian Luis Advíncula.

With a Fluminense that paid dearly for having delayed the lines to the point of having almost 11 in their area, the winger Advíncula received from the right and when hooking inside he took advantage of the defensive passivity of the Brazilians to finish with a left foot from outside the area and with a low shot to beat the experienced Fábio.

With the tie, both teams slowed down and were careful to concede a second goal that was devastating, and although in the end the match went to extra time, in the 94th minute the winger Diogo Barbosa, who came on for Marcelo, had to win the match but his cross shot went just wide.

The extra time maintained the passivity of the two lineups, but a play that seemed to have no danger culminated in a real goal for Fluminense at 99 ‘.

A pass from Diogo Barbosa and a pivot from Keno was enough for John Kennedy to score a diagonal and volleyed a violent shot that ended up in the back of Sergio “Chiquito” Romero’s net.

However, not everything was happy for Fluminense because Kennedy, who was reprimanded, received the second yellow card for celebrating with the Brazilian public and was sent off.

Before the end of the first half of extra time, a play in which a Boca Juniors player fell in the rival area was protested by the entire team and in the middle of the protest the left back of the southerners, Frank Fabra, lost his temper and He left his team with 10 players for a slap that was sanctioned with a red card after VAR intervention.

The advantage could have increased by the 115th minute after a counterattack led by John Arias ended in a shot by Braz that hit the post.

Although Boca Juniors beat Fluminense, the rest of the match was an anecdote and thus Fluminense was able to lift its first Copa Libertadores and the first international in its history, after having lost the Copa Sudamericana 5-4 with the Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito in 2009.