Referee reports in the summary the reason for Carlinhos' expulsion in Flamengo's defeat to Grêmio

 On Thursday (26), Flamengo has one of the most important games of the season. The team faces Peñarol, at 7pm (Brasília time), in the second game of the Libertadores quarter-finals. As they lost the first match, at Maracanã by 1-0, Tite's men need to win by at least two goals to guarantee their place in the tournament's semi-finals. 

In the first leg, Flamengo was defeated by a score of 1 x 0 at Maracanã. As a result, Mais Querido needs to win by two goals to qualify in normal time. Aware of the difficulty and that they need to show unconditional support, Flamengo fans are mobilizing on social media to perform the famous “Aerofla”, with the aim of encouraging the squad for the decisive game.

After training at CT Ninho do Urubu, the club's delegation travels to Uruguay this Tuesday afternoon (24), two days before the match, on a chartered flight from Galeão Airport. As a result, Nação Rubro-Negra plans to be present at the location at around 3pm, while Flamengo is expected to arrive at the Cargo Terminal at around 4:30pm.

AeroFla

Gathering at the Galeão Cargo Terminal – 3pm

Expected arrival of the Flamengo delegation – 4:30pm

Probable lineup

< Rossi; Varela (Wesley), Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro (Ayrton Lucas); Léo Ortiz (Pulgar), De La Cruz and Arrascaeta; Gerson, Plata and Bruno Henrique.

The stadium Flamengo is a dream for the board and for the red and black fans. However, this time, things are moving forward and in the medium term, the nation will be able to enjoy its own, very modern arena for the seasons to come. In this sense, meetings about the surrounding area, urban mobility, among other things, are being debated and discussed.

Yesterday afternoon (23), Flamengo's general vice-president, Rodrigo Dunshee, the vice-president of heritage, Marcos Bodin, and the vice-president of the presidency, Diogo Lemos, met with the management of MetrôRio to talk about Flamengo's new stadium.

At the meeting, the parties discussed what the possible urban mobility options for access to the new stadium, in addition to what Flamengo will be able to provide for fans.

“The meeting was very good for strengthening the relationship between Flamengo and MetrôRio, seeking to facilitate the best possible project to facilitate urban mobility and access to Flamengo's new stadium”, said Rodrigo Dunshee, deputy general president of the club.

In addition to Rodrigo Dunshee and Marcos Bodin, the meeting was attended by MetrôRio, CEO Guilherme Ramalho, as well as Daniel Habib (COO) and Diego Garcia (Strategy and Governance Manager).

Next Sunday (25), at 6:30 pm, Flamengo faces Bragantino, at Maracanã, in the 24th round of the Brasileirão. For the duel, the CBF defined Gustavo Bauermann as the responsible referee. The Santa Catarina native was already involved in another Mais Querido clash and even wrongly issued a yellow card to Luiz Araújo. Remember the case

On July 28, Flamengo hosted Atlético-GO and won 2-0, with goals from Pedro and Arrascaeta. At 28 minutes into the second half, Tite decided to make three changes. The referee thought that Luiz Araújo was one of the players to leave and issued a yellow card to the attacker for delaying his departure.

However, it was not Flamengo's number 7 who would leave, but another teammate . The error caused a huge loss for the team. This is because the athlete received a third yellow card and was suspended from the next match, against São Paulo.

However, Gustavo Bauermann lied on the scoresheet when explaining the reason for the card. According to the referee, the yellow card was given for “Complaining/protesting (verbally or through gestures) blatantly and offensively against the referee's decision – For complaining about the referee's decisions”, wrote Bauermann in the match report. It is worth mentioning that on the field the signal was different.

At the same moment that he received the card, Luiz Araújo was outraged, even asking captain Gerson to talk to Bauermann to try to resolve the situation. However, the card was not removed and the player was out against his former team.