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📋 Fluminense line-up confirmed for Sudamericana decider
It's decision night for Fluminense in the Copa Sul-Americana-2025.
Later, starting at 21:30 (Brasília time) this Thursday (29), Tricolor will host Once Caldas at Maracanã.
Game valid for the sixth and final round of Group F of the competition.
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Key situation 📊
Once Caldas leads with 12 points and has the advantage of a draw to confirm a direct spot in the round of 16.
Meanwhile, Tricolor will only avoid playoffs against a Libertadores team if they win, as they have 10 points.
A direct spot is worth $600,000 (R$ 3.4 million) in prize money.
And advancing to the playoffs will earn the team $500,000 (R$ 2.8 million).
Fluminense
Motivation abounds after the comeback win over Vasco in the last round of the BR.
Expectations were for Fuentes and Ganso to return to the starting lineup.
Which was confirmed.
Thiago Silva could have been preserved, but he will start.
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Keno had been being preserved, but he has an injury to the adductor in his right thigh.
Samuel Xavier is being spared again.
Cannobio, Bernal, Cano, and Otávio remain in the DM.
Once Caldas
The team led by Alfredo Arias advanced to the second phase of the Colombian Apertura by finishing seventh in the first phase.
Veteran Dayro Moreno, 39, is the reference point in the attack.
This is his sixth stint with the club that launched his career, and he has 14 goals in 26 games this season - four of them in the Sudamericana.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
📸 RAUL ARBOLEDA - AFP or licensors
