Flamengo missed the great chance to touch the leader Fluminense, this Sunday afternoon (27), at Estádio Nilton Santos, against Resende, for the 9th round of the Campeonato Carioca. Even with the total dominance of the match, Rubro-Negro sinned too much in the submissions and made a lot of mistakes in the defense.
End of game at Engenhão: Flamengo 2 x 2 Resende, for Carioca. Arrascaeta and Gabigol scored the goals of Mais Querido. #CRF #VamosFlamengo pic.twitter.com/lZmNkJcUFI
— Flamengo (@Flamengo) February 27, 2022
Resende even opened 2-0, but Flamengo decreased with Arrascaeta and, in the end, took advantage of an opponent’s expulsion and the penalty scored on Rodinei to tie with Gabigol already in injury time. With the result, Rubro-Negro reached 20 points, and is vice-leader of the Guanabara Cup. Resende jumped to nine points and momentarily occupies the sixth position.
lack of aim
If it weren’t for the bad aim of Gabigol, Bruno Henrique and Everton Ribeiro, Flamengo could have left the Nilton Santos Stadium with a rout, but, even with the great volume of play and chances created, it didn’t translate to superiority in goals in the first half. . Resende took advantage and, in his first attack, opened the scoring.
In the 26th minute, Emanuel Biancucchi threw in the area for Macena. Filipe Luís tried to get away by throwing the ball in the air. Diego Alves came out badly, punctured, and the ball was left for Biancucchi to kick without marking and make it 1 to 0. Flamengo kept trying, but either stopped in shots outside or in the good performance of goalkeeper Jefferson Luis.
In the second half, coach Paulo Souza took out João Gomes, Everton Ribeiro and Pedro for Willian Arão, Arrascaeta and David Luiz. The game didn’t change much, Flamengo kept creating chances and Resende defended well. As in the initial stage, the visiting team took advantage of another error from Rubro-Negro to expand.
At 36 minutes, long throw for Jefinho. He disputed the ball with Fabrício Bruno, beat the defender and Diego Alves, who came out of the area to save. It was easy for Resende’s number 16, who, with one touch, took both and played to the back of the net: 2 to 0.
Flamengo’s reaction began in the 40th minute, when Lázaro came on in place of Filipe Luís. The shirt 13 changed the dynamics of the game and, with just one minute on the field, gave Arrascaeta the pass to dominate at the entrance of the area and hit a beautiful shot in the Jefferson Luis right angle.
The Rubro-Negro left with everything for the tie. In the next move, Bruno Henrique received a pass at the entrance of the area and was knocked down by Heitor. As he was the last man, the defender of Resende received the red card. In the 45th minute, Rodinei took advantage of a rebound after a corner, tried to dribble and was brought down inside the area. Penalty taken by Gabigol, who left everything the same.
Flamengo still tried to turn around, but it was too late. In the next round, Paulo Souza’s team will face Vasco, on Sunday (6), at 4 pm, at Nilton Santos. Resende catches Fluminense, on Saturday (5), at 4 pm, at Raulino de Oliveira.
