Daily Soccer Buzz: Mariano's Fluminense, who remembers back Cafu

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Mariano's Fluminense, who remembers back Cafu

ROME, Jan. 16 - They were twenty-six years chasing a dream so beautiful and exhilarating: to return to win the Brazilian championship after knowing the gold and dust, between periods of wealth and times of suffering (such as license plate relegation to Serie C in 1998 ). The Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro club aristocrat, founded in 1902, closed in 2010 for celebrating the third time in its history the national title.

His latest venture in 1984, when the coach of the "Tricolor" was Carlos Alberto Parreira, who ten years later he kissed the World Cup as coach of Brazil with Romario and Bebeto. Fluminense - that triumph of 1984, in the final against Vasco da Gama Roberto Dynamite, was signed by Paraguayan Romerito, author and former 1-0-mate of Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia in the Cosmos.

To create the right climate, to return the party at the house of Fluminense, was now the coach Muricy Ramalho, 55, a former midfielder, who in his career on the bench had already got three championships in Sao Paulo (2006 to 2008). Fluminense dragged by a goal from striker Fred (scored five times in thirteen races), the inventions Argentinean Dario Conca (nine goals), by the geometry of Diguinho dribbling and Deco.

The club Ramalho showcased in 2010, a number of young people to value as a left-back Carlinhos, 23, the median Fernando Silva (22) and central defender Gum, born in 1986, which produced four goals in the league . HOW Cafu - A compact and organized team, where he lived for a season is also important to right-back Mariano, 24, who the Brazilian press and the supporters of Fluminense recalls Cafu: gearchanges impressive, a great and easy to get to the bottom of crossing .

E 'devastating when he takes the initiative and jump the opponent controls the ball with class, like the former AS Roma and AC Milan player, especially when part of progressing. They are also similar to the physical level: Mariano explosive muscles, it is one meter high and 77 (for 70 pounds), with its slopes and can make a difference on the defensive does not stray.

Sure, it's a quarterback who pushes his face and offers the best when it accelerates and takes over, but marking is attentive and reliable: often tries to anticipate the tip that hovers in his area. TACTICS - Mariano can act in a classic 4-4-2, starting on the line of defenders. But he has the means and mentality to even move from midfield in a 3-5-2 it is able to cover all its lane and to support continuity with the work of strikers.

And 'one of the most beloved players from the "Torcida" of Fluminense. Mariano Ferreira Filho was born in Sao Joao on June 23, 1986, and began his career in Guarani. And against a team of Campinas, Ramalho won the championship in early December. It 'started from the Guarani, where he had also begun to impose Careca, former champion Naples.

Then he played nell'Ipatinga in Tombense in Cruzeiro, in athletics and still nell'Ipatinga Mineiro. He moved to Fluminense in 2009 and in his first season in Rio had left a painful salvation. AMBITION - Mariano is one of the jewels of the group Ramalho. His ambition is to land soon in Europe.

In the last championship, the one that left a mark in the history of Fluminense, Mariano was the right-back with the yield higher. Thirty-four appearances and three goals against Gremio, Internacional and Ceara. Eight yellow cards. It 'always been deployed in the block holders to Ramalho, from the opening game with the Ceara (May 9, 2010) to the Guarani (December 5, 2010), won 1-0 at home thanks to a network of Emerson, scored eight times in the league and vice-leading scorer with Fluminense striker Washington, behind Dario Conca (9 goals).