It was a shocking day for European football because Simone Inzaghi’s al-Hilal threw Simone Inzaghi’s Al-Hilal on Tuesday 1 July in Manchester City and Inter Milan. Fluminense, Brazilian giants, took off the Inter with a convincing victory of 2-0.
Al-Hilal In the second half he created a magical performance, where the strut by Marcos Leonard, along with Malcom’s goals, and Kalida Kouilbaly ensured that they kept the Premier League in the bay, which had the lead at the end of the first 45 minutes.
Bernardo Silva scored City the opening goal in the ninth minute and they continued to control the game for the first half.
The other half, however, saw Leonardo to get an equalizer in the 46th minute, while Malcom gave the lead of the Saudi Arab side.
Guardiola tried to strengthen the defense of his party with substitutions and brought as Rodri, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji. Fresh legs ensured that the city was gained an equalizer when Erling Haaland found the back of the net to keep the Premier League in the competition.
Both sides continued to perform all five of their substitutions, but the match continued. No side looked back down when the Kulibaly header gave them a lead with a great corner kick Ruben Neveves.
The lead was short -term when Rayan Cherki chose Phil Foden, so he ran into a box that the Englishman continued in style to give the city an equalizer again. Both sides were neck and neck until the end of the first half of the time.
Leonardo found the back of the net again thanks to timely completion to ensure that the Saudi side sealed the historical victory.
Fluminense take off the UCL finalists
Between It looked far from the best, because Fluminense made a brilliant performance to continue the competition in the impressive operation of the Brazilian parties.
They extended their lead thanks to the gentle goal of Hercules to make sure they won the victory.
Fluminense didn’t take long to take the lead because the German Cano found the back of the net because of its brilliant presence of mind in the box.
Al-Hilal and Fluminense will meet in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Saturday 5th July.
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Published:
Amar Pancker
Published on:
1 July 2025
