Flamengo is afraid of Sport, but continues to carry out its duties at home and abroad to reach the title

This is because Santos, at the Villa Belmiro stadium, deprived Palmeiras of the opportunity to regain the lead, in a match that was also postponed, but from the 13th round. Pixie won with a Rolheiser goal, at the end of normal time: 1 to 0. With the defeat, Alverde stopped at 68 points, while the red-black team had 71 points. On Wednesday, Flamengo will face Fluminense, at the Maracanã Stadium. Abel Ferreira’s team plays against Vitoria at home.

In São Lourenço da Mata, in the Recife metropolitan area, Flamengo started with a slightly lower attacking rotation than usual. With 11 players missing, out of seven called up for the ongoing FIFA fixture and four others injured, Rio’s red and black squad was modified for the match. Young defenders Joao Victor and Wallace Yan were key additions, in a plan that also included Samuel Leno, Luiz Araujo and Bruno Henrique in the attacking sector.

Sport scored with concentration and created difficulties for the visitors in getting the ball out. Under this pressure, he reached the first goal: Leo Pereira stole the ball and passed it to Luan Candido, who passed it to Pablo inside the area. The striker kicked the center twice to find the back of the net.

-We have entered far below our level and speed. It seemed like we were short of what the match required. The pressure we exerted was not successful, they managed to get out quite easily. With the ball, the team was not good, and the movement was slow. We lost balls and counterattacked until we conceded the goal. Then we started to accelerate more and trade better. However, we had a lot of mistakes. We even reached the sports area with some ease, but we were not able to take advantage of this opportunity – Filipe Luis commented on the start of the match.

However, the lion collapsed, as has happened with many setbacks in this Brazilian championship, stopping him in the position he reached. Matheus Alexander was sent off for a second yellow card after a challenge on Ayrton Lucas. If it was already difficult, it became worse after Flamengo equalized with a beautiful strike from Luiz Arajo.

When the situation couldn’t get any worse, Sport lost another player. Defender Ramon Wallace brought down Yan with a drive in midfield. Referee Rafael Clyne considered this move yellow and sent the player off.

With two more, Flamengo once again took on another duty, this time away from home, for those fighting for the Brazilian League title. Filipe Luis has orchestrated a more attacking display with the addition of another striker, Michael. From then on, the game became offense versus defense.

Striker Juninho, who had not scored since April, had another chance in the second half and headed home a rebound from Cipolinia’s cross-volley against the crossbar.

In the next move, Sport’s defense and goalkeeper Gabriel made a bad mistake when the ball was released. The hit and run ended at the feet of Bruno Henrique who covered the goalkeeper for the expansion.

The striker, who saw a 12-game suspension turn into a fine in a trial against STJD last Thursday, is free to finish the season in a Florida jersey. He was greatly celebrated at all times by the fans present at Arena Pernambuco.

Ayrton Lucas also scored the fourth goal, taking advantage of a threat from the edge of the penalty area and relying on Aderlan’s deflection, and young Douglas Telles added the final numbers to the scoreboard. The 18-year-old forward got ahead of the defence, following Cipolinia’s impressive play down the left flank, and scored his first goal as a professional on his first appearance for the main team.