Thursday, June 11, 2009

Fluminense beats Nicaragua's national team in soccer friendly

Hosting the national online soccer betting team from Nicaragua, Fluminense scored an impressive 3-0 win in a friendly on Thursday in Teresopolis where the Brazilian national team had their practices.

Fluminense head cocah Carlos Alberto Parreira agreed to the friendly in order to better prepare his players in hope of turning around their disappointing performance in the Brazilian Championship.

Parreira used his normal starters during the first half as both Thiago Neves and Carlos Eduardo scored for the home side. During the second half, subsititutes were fielded in. When Kieza was taken down, Leandro Amaral stepped in to convert the penalty kick, leading to a 3-0 score.


However, Fluminense goalkeeper Fernando Henrique was injured during the friendly. A contusion in his right thigh took him out of the game, and he is not expected to play in this Sunday's match against Gremio in the sixth round of the Brazilian Championship.
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