Flamengo beat Ceará 2-1 on Tuesday and kept alive his remote aspirations to take the 2021 Brazilian Championship, which could win Atlético Mineiro next Thursday, if they defeat Bahia at home.
The Rio de Janeiro team, who had just lost the final of the Copa Libertadores against Palmeiras, in Montevideo, was only worth the victory at Maracana to stay alive in the fight for the league title and they did it, although with some suspense. Without Renato Gaúcho on the bench, fired the day before after the debacle in the continental final, the Rio de Janeiro team took the lead on the fast track through Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol‘, in minute 2. With the wind in favor and the support of a fans without resentment, he slept the game with long possessions, but forgot to sentence. In the second half, Ceará believed it and began to arrive in danger until Rick he tied in the 70th minute. The 1-1 delivered the title to Atlético Mineiro in a mathematical way. Had to appear Matheuzinho in the 78th minute to return the water to its course and put Flamengo ahead again with a blow.
With this triumph, Flamengo, champions in 2019 and 2020, continues in the second position of the table, with 70 points, eight less than the leader, Atlético Mineiro, with three games to go for both of them to finish the tournament of regularity. If they win next Thursday at Bahia, the team from Belo Horizonte will conquer the second Brazilian championship in their history and end a 50-year drought without league titles.
