He Flamengo He defeated this Sunday, with a lonely goal from defender Léo Ortiz, to the Atlético Mineiro In the Maracaná and became the new leader of the Brazilian championship, to the detriment of a Cruzeiro who lost at home unexpectedly in this seventeenth day. The team led by Filipe Luís cost him horrors to overcome the defensive scheme of ‘Galo’. It was not until the 75th minute that the Carioca team burst the Everson network in a strategy play that ended head Léo Ortiz.
It was the prize for a complete domain by Flamengo, which assaults the first position of the classification with 36 points, two more than Cruzeiro and even with one game less than the Celeste Club. El Palmeiras is third, four points from the ‘flan’.
The red and black box exhibited a decaffeinated version of himself on a night in which his last two signings, the Spanish midfielder Saúl Ñíguez and the Brazilian side Emerson Royal appeared before their new hobby. On the grass, the Uruguayan midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta was more off the usual and the ball did not clearly reached the striker Pedro, pardoned after a few weeks tense for his bad behavior in the training following some rumors about his possible sale.
But, when everyone gave the draw, Luiz Araújo charged a direct lateral foul to the heart of the area and Léo Ortiz rose more than anyone to guarantee the three points.
Antonio Galeano surprises Cruzeiro
Flamengo took advantage of the surprising stumble of Cruzeiro, who this Sunday saw how Ceará traced him at the Mineirão de Belo Horizonte stadium (1-2). Kaio Jorge, top gunner of the tournament, advanced to the celestial team in minute 4 after a garrafal failure of the rival goalkeeper, but Antonio Galeano turned the scoreboard.
Cruzeiro stumbled before falling
The Paraguayan striker scored a double to freeze the ‘raposa’. He first connected a header to the exit of a corner before the break and repeated in the same way in the 60th minute to leave the three points with the Léo Condé squad, which approaches the classification stalls for the next Copa Libertadores.
The Basque goalkeeper expelled for wasting time
In another of Sunday’s matches, International achieved an in extremis draw against the Basque da Gama (1-1). The river box hit Rayan first, but stayed with ten players in the 86th minute, when the referee decided to show the second yellow card to goalkeeper Léo Jardim for wasting time to understand that the goalkeeper was simulating an injury. Five minutes later, already in the discount time, the Colombian end Johan Carbonero returned equality for the Colorados.
Fourth defeat followed by Fluminense after the World Cup
For his part, Fluminense chained his fourth consecutive defeat since he was eliminated by Chelsea in the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup. The Carioca team lost 3-1 against a São Paulo in Raz since the Argentine coach Hernán Crespo returned to the bench.
The Fluminense, on a very negative streak
The Ecuadorian central Robert Arboleda, the Brazilian end Ferreirinha and Chilean striker Gonzalo Tapia, new reinforcement of the tricolor of Morumbí. Defense Samuel Xavier discounted for the ‘Flu’, although it was useless. On the other hand, Bahia recovered the fourth position, after winning, 3-0, to the youth, with a double by Jean Lucas and the same of the Uruguayan attacker Luciano Rodríguez.
