He Flamengo achieved an agonizing 1-1 draw on their visit to the Atlético Mineiro and was one victory away from winning the title of the Brazilian Championshipwhich could have been achieved this Tuesday in advance, surpassing the Belo Horizonte team. The Rio team needed to win against the Mineiros and for Palmeiras, their second team, to be defeated by Gremio, to lift the League title in Brazil for the ninth time. Although the immortal tricolor defeated Verdão 3-2, the momentum did not reach Mengão.
Palmeiras began the match in Porto Alegre with eleven substitutes to reserve their starters for Saturday’s match, in which they will compete with Flamengo in Lima for the Copa Libertadores title, while the Rio team started with a mixed team but in the second half had most of the starters on the field. Bernard’s goal for Mineiro in the 23rd minute began to make the Rio de Janeiro team nervous, and only in the minutes of replacement did they manage to match the Galo.
Goalkeeper Everson (Mneiro) clears a ball against the threat of Enerson Royal
Despite the tie, Filipe Luis’s team remains at the top of the standings with 75 points, five more than Palmeiras, which follows in second place and seven above Cruzeiro, which is in third place but has one game in hand.
Flamengo started attacking and Mineiro did not give them an advantage. Although the Rio team had more scoring opportunities, the skill of goalkeeper Everson – the star of the night – prevented the ball from entering the net several times. But Mengão also wasted valuable moments due to a lack of aim. One of the most notable was that of Léo Pereira inside the area after a corner kick from Luiz Araújo, with a shot that rose well over the crossbar.
At the beginning of the match, the Flamengo coach opted for the offensive of the Colombian Jorge Carrascal, who he later replaced in the second half with the Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaeta and other strategic players such as Bruno Henrique, the Everton striker, Jorginho and the Ecuadorian Gonzalo Plata. But the attempts to score were also unsuccessful due to Mineiro’s defensive shield, Everson’s skill, and the erratic shots.
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Flamengo will host Ceará on December 3 on the penultimate day of the tournament, where they will very possibly be crowned champion of the tournament one day in advance and lift the Brasileirão cup again. For now, they are preparing to face Palmeiras in Peru, in the final of the continental competition.
