He flamencowith a double from the scorer Peterbeat 2-0 in nublence Chilean at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro in the match where the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli made his debut as coach of the Brazilian team, and temporarily reached the leaders of Group A of Libertadores Cup.
The reigning Libertadores champions added their first three points of the continental tournament, after losing 1-2 on their debut visit to Ecuadorian Aucas, leaving Ñublense to sink to last place without a point.
Argentine Racing (+2), Flamengo (+1) and Aucas (+1), in that order according to goal difference, now share first place in the group, but the new key leader will be known on Thursday , when the Argentine team will receive the Ecuadorian to complete the second day.
The victory confirmed the commitment of Flamengo leaders to Sampaoli, who officially took over on Monday as coach of the Brazilian team after the sacking of Portuguese Vítor Pereira.
The Portuguese was sacked after just four months in charge after Flamengo were eliminated from the Club World Cup, lost the South American and Brazilian Cup Winners’ Cups and were beaten 4-1 by Fluminense in the Carioca Championship final.
For the team led by Jaime García, on the other hand, the defeat not only leaves them in last place in the standings and adds another setback, as they have only four victories in their last thirteen games.
Winning offensive bet
Sampaoli surprised in his first game as coach of the most famous club in Brazil by fielding a completely offensive team, with only three players in defense and a trio of forwards consisting of Pedro, Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ and Marinho, who was one of his most trusted players when the Brazilian Santos also ordered.
The Argentine responded to the requests of the fans of the Rio de Janeiro team who have always protested because the coach’s predecessors have always hesitated to line up Gabigol and Pedro at the same time as goalscorers for the Libertadores in 2021 and 2022 -, since two attackers. have similar characteristics.
Flamengo dominated from the first minute in front of the 48,895 fans in attendance at the Maracaná, with their three attackers taking shots, and forcing Ñublense to limit themselves defensively.
Sampaoli’s gamble paid off as Flamengo opened the scoring in the 14th minute after Pedro got ahead of his markers and slotted the ball into Pérez’s goal from Marinho’s free kick from the right.
With the confidence of the first goal, the locals increased the pressure and the dangerous games against a Ñublense who opted for counterattacks, mainly led by Zalazar, who rarely reached the goal that Santos defended dangerously.
Flamengo’s persistence paid off in the 36th minute, when Pedro stormed into the Chile area, again after Marinho’s pass, took one of his markers and calmly beat Pérez, to increase the lead to 2-0. and his number of its purposes. year to 17 in 18 games.
Flamengo maintained their dominance in the second half, especially with the plays created by Marinho on the right wing and Ayrton Lucas on the left, always looking for Pedro and Gabigol inside the area, or the Chilean Arturo Vidal at the back little.
In an attempt to react, García sent attackers Aránguiz, Valdés, Provoste and Oyarzo onto the field, but Ñublense continued without getting dangerously close to the locals’ goal.
On the other hand, Sampaoli took advantage of the vast dominance to give himself the luxury of making some changes that would allow him to get to know the Flamengo players better, bringing those who were less exploited by Pereira , such as attacker Everton ‘Cebolinha’, midfielder Everton Ribeiro and the Wesley side.
The changes further improved the performance of the Libertadores champion, who completely controlled the match and was about to expand on Cebolinha’s sumptuous plays.
Five minutes from the end Everton Ribeiro scored what would have been Flamengo’s third goal after a game with Pedro and Gabigol, but the goal was disallowed, after a VAR review, for a foul on Provoste at the start of the game .
Source: La Verdad
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