He flamencothe most popular club in Brazil and one of the favorites for the title, gave up a 1-1 draw this Saturday against Cruzeiro in the middle of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro that kept him in seventh place in the Brazilian Championship, far from the leader and without convincing his demanding fans.
The Rio de Janeiro club, which had won the last five games in which it faced Cruzeiro, started at a disadvantage and managed to tie but was unable to come back despite the danger of the attacking pair made up of Gabriel Barbosa Gabigol and Pedro, who They missed several opportunities. Gabigol even wasted a penalty and crashed two balls into the posts, which earned him some boos.
Cruzeiro, the club owned by former soccer player and World Cup player Ronaldo and who this year returned to the first division, opened the scoring after 3 minutes with a strong shot from Marlon. Ayrton Lucas equalized for Flamengo after 32 minutes and, despite the fact that the locals pressed until the end, they had to resign themselves with the tie and with noisy protests from their fans.
Cruzeiro came to play much better in the second half and did not leave the Maracana with a victory thanks to goalkeeper Matheus Cunha saving Flamengo on several occasions. The tie provisionally left Cruzeiro in fifth place in the standings, with 13 points, the same as Flamengo, which is in seventh for its worst goal difference.
The result is bad for both clubs because the leaders have commitments on Sunday and can increase their advantage. Botafogo, which leads with 18 points, will visit the humble América, and Palmeiras, which escorts it in second place with 15 points, will visit Atlético Mineiro.
I support Vinicius at Flamengo-Cruzeiro
The fans took advantage of the match to pay tribute to Vinícius Júnior, who began his career at Flamengo, with whom they expressed their solidarity for the racist insults he has suffered in Spain.
“Everyone with Vini Jr.” It read a giant mosaic message that the fans mounted in the stands and on the shirts of the Flamengo players. “Thank you for everything. I was born Flamengo and I will always love you,” replied the Real Madrid attacker in a message on his networks.
Guild and Stronghold Victories
In another of this Saturday’s matches, Gremio won 1-2 on their visit to Athletico Paranaense and provisionally rose to third place in the standings, with 14 points. The team led by coach Renato Gaucho opened the scoring in the first half through Cuiabano, but Vitor Roque, the young striker who interests clubs like Barcelona, equalized before the break.
Bruno Uvini scored the decisive goal in the second half for Gremio and ended a series of 17 straight games for Athletico without losing at their stadium, the Arena da Baixada de Cutitiba.
Also this Saturday, Fortaleza beat Vasco da Gama 2-0, with goals from Thiago Galhardo and the Argentine Silvio Romero in the last five minutes of the game, and rose to eighth place in the standings, with 13 points, the same as Cruzeiro. and Flamengo. The defeat, the third in a row, plunged Vasco into the last four in the standings, which are punished by relegation.
In this Saturday’s matches, as well as in the five scheduled for Sunday, players from all clubs staged a campaign against racism and solidarity with Vinícius Júnior. In addition to wearing a uniform in which the sign “with racism there is no game” was visible, all the soccer players sat on the field and remained immobile for 30 seconds at the beginning of the game as a form of protest.
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