Team News

The Brazilian legend of Real Madrid, Marcelo, has become the protagonist for the bad in the valuable challenge for the Libertadores cup, as Fluminense played against Argentinos Juniors.

The left-back was executing a dribble that would have been fantastic for manual football, but ended up breaking the opponent’s leg.

In the 57th minute of the match, Marcelo stepped on the foot of 29-year-old Luciano Sanchez and immediately realized that the intervention was fatal, signaling for the game to be stopped.

After seeing the opponent’s leg in a miserable condition, Marcelo couldn’t hold back the tears, bursting into tears.

He was surrounded by worried players from both teams, while the referee issued the red card sending the Brazilian star off the field.

The challenge ended with the score 1-1. Local media after the challenge, citing doctors at the Sanatorio Finochietto hospital, estimated Sanchez’s recovery time between eight and 12 months.

Meanwhile, Marcelo wrote on social networks: “I lived a very difficult moment on the field today. I hurt a fellow footballer without any intention. I want to wish you the best possible recovery, Luciano Sanchez.”

Sanchez’s Argentine club responded yes with a post on social networks: “We are rivals, not enemies.”

The alarm has sounded in Croatia, during the flight of Dinamo Zagreb to Kazakhstan, where on Tuesday (1/8) they will face Astana, in the second match after the first one they won 4-0, and the winner plays AEK in the round third qualifier. Champions League.

Specifically, as reported by the Croatian media, the Dinamo team plane flew over Serbia and Bulgaria shortly before disappearing from the radar over the Black Sea.

Some who were following the course of the flight “froze” and social networks sounded the alarm.

However, the incident was quickly explained and everyone calmed down.

According to Croatia, this is a standard procedure followed for many flights over the Black Sea and the reason is that this area is very close to Ukrainian airspace.

After an hour, the Dinamo plane appeared on the radar again, specifically when it entered the airspace of Georgia, continuing the flight to Kazakhstan.

After the draw against Al Nassr, Inter played the second and last friendly in Japan. The Black and White faced Paris Saint Germain and managed to win 2-1 with a reversal.

Luis Enrique’s side took the lead through Vitinha after a brilliant strike, but the Italians turned it around in the space of 60 seconds. First, Inter equalized with Esposito and then took the lead with Sensi. In both cases, Frattesi was the protagonist with an assist.

The first half of the game ended in a goalless draw, but Paris Saint-Germain played better. The French controlled the ball and dictated the tempo of the game, making it difficult for the opposition with the quick exchanges of Vitinha, Asensio, Zaire Emery, Ugarte and Soler.

As PSG were held back by the post, Inter only had two attempts at goal that Donnarumma defended. In the second half, the game had more balance, although the quality of the Parisians was shown in Vitinha’s excellent goal.

Inter changed the game, especially in the last 20 minutes, where they increased the intensity and used two quick counter-attacks, taking advantage of the wrong alignment of the defense of Paris Saint Germain. The challenge in Tokyo ended 2-1 for the black and white, who thus ended the Asian tournament and return to Italy, before the start of the new season.