He flamenco won 2-0 this Saturday against fluminenseone of his bitterest rivals in Brazilian soccer, in the first leg of the final of Carioca Championship. Ayrton Lucas (m.55) and Pedro (m.67) scored to define this new edition of ‘Fla-Flu’, which brought together almost 60,000 people in the Maracanã stadium.
The return final will be played next Saturday, but before then both teams will have their first commitments in the Copa Libertadores group stage. Flamengo will visit Aucas in Quito on Wednesday for group A, while Fluminense will travel to Lima to face Sporting Cristal on the same day, for group D.
For this reason, the Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira, dealing with the rejection of Flamengo fans, started the game with the main players on the bench, such as Everton Ribeiro and Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’, although both entered in the second half.
In contrast, Fluminense coach Fernando Diniz used almost all of his starters, including Argentine striker Germán Cano and Colombian striker Jhon Arias. On the bench, although he did not enter, was the winger Marcelo, who returned to Fluminense after a careful stint at the Greek Olympiacos and made history at Real Madrid, and is waiting for the opportunity to play again for the team where his career began. .
Source: La Verdad
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