Vélez vs Flamengo: a game that has history among its clashes.
Velez will face this Wednesday at the stadium Giuseppe Amalfitani a flamingo in a game that will be the key to starting to define who will access the Libertadores Cup Final. After 11 yearsthe Loud he will fight again for the semifinals of the most important tournament on the continent after defeating her Cordoba workshops from 4-2 overall for the quarter-finals since the last time it had been a defeat against Penarol. Now, she will do it again with the Fla with which he has already dealt with ten possibilities.
Between the team linesmen and the Mengao there are ten games left in the history of the clashes. The historical marker between the crossroads it is not favorable for Velez: just got it 2 winsboth for 1-0 (the September 23, 1997 in Florianopoli with a goal from José Luis Chilavert for the group stage of the South American Super Cup which brought together the winners of the Copa Libertadores and the August 19, 1998 with a goal from Fernando Pandolfi at the stadium Giuseppe Amalfitani for the first phase of the Mercosur Cup), 2 draws (one in Buenos Aires and another in Rio de Janeiro) e 6 losses (three in Argentina and three in Brazil).
The clash between the two clubs had episodes remembered in the history of clashes such as the pineapple Flavio Zandona a Edmund in the game played Uberlandparty of Brazil, for the Super Cup 1995 where was the win for the local’s 3-0.
Far from being remembered for the result obtained by the Fla on him Loudthe cameras are left with the pitched battle that unleashed the blow in the face of Zandona to the Brazilian crack, the protagonist of the meeting that Tuesday evening. As the minutes went by, the eyes of the stadium and the television were on the edge of the Brazilian team area where Vélez found himself with a free kick after the Uruguayan referee Ernesto Filippi – poor performance in the game – I scored it.
Zandoná, the center scorer, waited in the middle of the field, defending the attack of Velez from a possible counterattack by Edmundo who was waiting for the restart to score the fourth place of the team. At that moment when both players were hand in hand, or animalas it was nicknamed, it provoked the center of those led by Carlo BianchiI gave him one slap in the face. The reaction of the defender was not long in coming and after a few seconds he returned the slap which was not enough and continued with a pineapple from behind that left the snap of Brazil.
Faced with this situation, the players of both teams approached the scene of the events and a battle broke out on the playing field that could not be contained. After being suspended by the Uruguayan referee, one of the players involved in the event neither of them received the red card. The Argentine team’s players were surrounded and manned by Brazilian police due to a game that went down in history for its violent ending.
Source: Clarin
