Absurd! Conmebol plans to fine Flamengo after game against Bolívar - Understand

The Peñarol (URU) team was excited from the beginning of the trip to Rio de Janeiro, where they will face Flamengo, in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. In addition to cheering the players on the flight towards the 'Marvelous City', the Uruguayans posted a montage of Christ the Redeemer with the club's flag.

As soon as they landed on Rio de Janeiro soil, the Uruguayan club published an image of a of the city's main tourist attractions. In addition to the photo, the team wrote the following message: “Peñarol em Rio”, alluding to Rock In Rio. Afterwards, a video showing the arrival of the athletes at Galeão Airport was also published.

Peñarol reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores after beating The Strongest (BOL) in the round of 16. In the first game, the Uruguayan team defeated their opponent 4-0. On the way back, the Bolivian team even won by a score of 1-0, however, it was not enough to take away the classification of Diego Aguirre's men.

Before the game against Flamengo, Peñarol played in the Championship Uruguayan. On Saturday (14), Rubro-Negro's opponent beat Rampla (URU), by a score of 4 to 0. Given this situation, they remained undefeated in the national tournament.

Flamengo is coming off a bitter draw with Vasco on Sunday (15), however, they will have reinforcements for this Thursday's duel (19). Recovered from a thigh injury, De La Cruz is back in the team. In addition to the Uruguayan, Alex Sandro, Alcaraz and Gonzalo Plata were registered in the competition and, as a result, will be included in the clash.

Last Tuesday, the candidate for re-election for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, denied the journalist Ancelmo Gois, from Globo. In a post on Instagram, the mayor informed that the city hall will be responsible for removing the megastructure on the gas meter site, different from what was reported. Furthermore, he guaranteed that Flamengo will have its new stadium, with the best conditions and security.

The news published by Ancelmo informs that Flamengo would have to pay R$100 million to remove a large gas structure present on land acquired by the club, which is owned by CEG and CEG-Rio, which are companies that are part of the gas concessionaire Naturgy.

According to the article, the companies were informed that Flamengo is the responsible for bearing the expenses, as provided for in one of the annexes to the land purchase and transfer contract. The clause, however, does not have a specified limit.

Paes stated that the values ​​for the transfer of the structure are different from what was pointed out in the article by Ancelmo Gois. Furthermore, it exempted Flamengo from any responsibility, and that the city hall has been planning to remove it for years.

“They are making me defend @flamengo more than I would like: let it be clear that this is not the The cost of this transfer and when it happens will be the responsibility of the city of Rio, which knows that this structure cannot be in an area that is already receiving so many residential buildings. It's been in our plans for a long time! Flamengo will have its new stadium there in the gasometer with all the quality and safety that the region demands and deserves. Period!”, published the mayor.

Last Thursday (22), Flamengo qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores despite 1-0 defeat to Bolívar, in La Paz, as they had won 2-0 at Maracanã. With this, Mais Querido will face Peñarol in the next phase. In recent clashes between red-blacks and aurinegros, confusion between fans of both teams has been a huge problem and generates concern for the duel.

The last time they faced each other, in 2019, in the match in Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo and Peñarol fans started a fight on the Leme promenade, in the south of the capital of Rio de Janeiro. Flamengo player Roberto Almeida Vieira was hit in the head with a chair in the confusion and had to be hospitalized. Roberto was in a coma for 10 months and woke up and recognized his family. Unfortunately, in 2020, the red-black team died.

At the time, Flamengo issued note of condolence on its social networks: “The Clube de Regatas do Flamengo deeply regrets the death of the fan Roberto Vieira de Almeida, 54 years old, who left us in the early hours of this Wednesday. Much strength to family and friends at this difficult time.”

According to the GE, three men were arrested accused of throwing the chair at Roberto. Dennis Oscar Viega González, Fernando Segundo Carreno Tucce and Gianfranco Steffano Cattapan Flores were released from Brazil in 2019 due to paying bail. The report did not find detailed information regarding the end of the process.

In the Libertadores final played in Montevideo between Flamengo and Palmeiras in 2021, Peñarol fan Erwin “Coco” Parentini fired shots towards the crowd red-black. The Uruguayan was arrested and received a sentence of two and a half years for intellectual co-authorship of the crime of aggravated injuries. The case occurred in a restaurant and two Flamengo fans, Douglas Hassel Sales and Josimar Sales, were hit, but nothing serious happened.