Inter de Porto Alegre even conceded a penalty three times through the Ecuadorian Enner Valencia, and Fluminense took advantage of this with extreme shots by John Kennedy (81 minutes) and Argentine Germán Can (87), the agency said. EFE. So Fluminense rose in the last gasp and overturned a seemingly lost game against Internacional (1-2) and advanced to the final of the Copa Libertadores in epic fashion on Wednesday night.

‘Enner Valencia, goal-scoring beast’, ‘Master of attack’, ‘He is the man-Libertadores Inter Porto Alegre’ and more great media praise for the Ecuadorian

Inter rolled up their sleeves and started setting up trenches in front of their area, with the idea of ​​scoring a goal on the counterattack, and then taking the lead with a goal by Argentine defender Gabriel Mercado. Valencia were on the verge of a goal after a gallop from their own area that Nino painfully intercepted. The Ecuadorian striker also missed a goal as he failed to head a free kick inside the box. Not long after, he missed a one-on-one almost in sequence and Inter would end up paying for it.

According to AFP Inter had a chance to break the streak at the feet of Enner Valencia, who appeared in the kill-kill against River Plate and Bolívar, but the Ecuadorian striker failed to finish.

Enner Valencia is left with a wish! Fluminense defeats Inter de Porto Alegre and is a finalist for the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

‘Failure at a decisive moment’

Just as the agencies are focusing on the tricolor, the Brazilian newspapers are also pointing out against the attackers, but unusually harshly. Until last week, they were referred to as “Mr. Libertadores” and “the goal beast”.

Enner Valencia, scorer and striker Tri

For the newspaper Correio do Povo, from Porto Alegre; “The main signing of the year, Enner Valencia, fails at the decisive moment. He missed three clear scoring chances in the semi-final against Fluminense. In the decider of the other Libertadores matches, Valencia was left empty-handed on Wednesday night and disappointed the more than 45,000 Colorado fans in Beira-Rio.”

In three different articles, the newspaper blames Enner for Inter’s elimination. For example, he looks at the mistakes of the Tricolor scorer: “The first of them, the striker created the opportunity himself. In the 67th minute, number 13, still in Inter’s field, received the ball, overcame the scoreboard and ran towards the opponent’s goal. However, after entering the area, he took one touch too many and lost control of the ball, and was disarmed by Nino, the Flu defender.”

Three ratings

And he continues: “The second clean chance was a set ball, which happened three minutes later. From the right side of the attack, Alan Patrick crossed into the area, Enner, free, headed wide of the goal. And finally: “The third and last chance would come three minutes before Fluminense equalized. Marcelo was ruled out in the middle by Alan Patrick. The ball fell to De Peña who passed it to Enner in front of the goal. With the opponent behind, the only obstacle was goalkeeper Fábio. However, just before entering the penalty area, the striker shot wide. “It was the last chance before the return of Fluminense.”

Correio do Povo He gave the Ecuadorian the lowest score of all football players: three points out of ten and justified it like this: “Valencia, the worst. He had three clean chances at the end of the game and did not score. The elimination goes to the expense of the Ecuadorian.” He adds that without naming names, “when coach Eduardo Coudet says that Inter could have scored in the match and didn’t, he also attributes the result to a certain player: Enner Valencia.” There is no way to escape the facts.” In the meantime, Zero hour, from Porto Alegre, also mentioned the “mistakes of Enner Valencia. The biggest merits for Inter’s elimination can be considered the most expensive player that Inter signed this season, and for whom the club waited for almost half a year. After four goals in the first five matches of the round of 16 of the Libertadores, the Ecuadorian faltered against Fluminense.”

He’s a villain now

The newspapers even go back to the first leg of the semi-final (1-1) to talk about the performance superman: “At Maracana, he lost a chance to score. In Beira-Río, the situation was even worse. When the game was 1-0 to Inter, they missed two clear chances to increase the score.”

According to Throwing, from Rio de Janeiro, “the author of four goals in five Libertadores matches for Internacional, Enner Valencia was kept empty against Fluminense. Valencia is silent, and the players of Internacional talk about the most painful elimination in their careers. The Ecuadorian preferred not to give interviews. “He who does not kill, eventually dies.”

And for Sports reporter, also from Rio de Janeiro, “Enner Valencia misses clear opportunities and becomes the villain in the elimination of Internacional. The frustration of number 13 was great, because until now he was Inter’s main player in the Cup. Valencia was decisive in the confrontations against River Plate, in the round of 16, and Bolívar, in the quarter-finals, becoming one of the team’s players. top scorer of the Libertadores with four goals.”

According to that media, “the center forward will have a chance to redeem himself this weekend, in an important match between Internacional for the Brazilian championship. The club will have a clash with Gremio de Porto Alegre this Sunday, at Beira-Rio.” (D)