He used the bench to reserve the starters for the second leg
Fortaleza beat America Mineiro 1-2
A reserve Flamengo defeated Atlético Mineiro 1-0 this Saturday inn game played at the Maracaná in Rio de Janeiro on the thirty-second day of the Brazilian Championship and closed the gap that separates him from Palmeiras, leader of the tournament and who will face Sao Paulo in a derby on Sunday.
An Everton header he allowed the winning goal for Flamengo 37 minutes into the match.
With 52 points, the Rio club is provisionally located in the fourth position of the classification table15 behind Palmeiras, who leads with 67 units.
for the meeting, Dorival Júnior used the reserve to concentrate the starter in the second leg of the final of the Copa do Brasil, in which they will face Corinthians, which will take place next Wednesday, a match in which everything is yet to be decided after the 0-0 first leg disputed in Sao Paulo.
Though Atlético Mineiro entered the hosts’ pitch with a bangcollapsed after Everton’s great goal and failed to seize the ball that was dominated by Flamengo.
With the result, the ‘Galo’ remained in seventh position with 47 points.
In the other game of the day, Fortaleza beat America Mineiro 1-2 with two goals from Thiago Gallardo.
The meeting that was scheduled between Goias and Corinthians for this Saturday was postponed to Monday by a divergence on the tickets that would be offered to the visiting fans.