Brazil x Ecuador! See the partial number of tickets sold for the Seleção game at Couto Pereira

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.

Dorival Júnior entered the history of Paraná football. He won the State Championship title with the two biggest clubs in the capital. In 2008, the coach became champion with Coritiba at the Arena da Baixada. In 2020, he led Athletico to lift the state trophy at the opponent's home. Only Dorival and Abel Braga managed to become champions of the two teams with the biggest fans in Paraná in the almost 120 years of the competition's history.

From this Monday (2), the coach will begin another challenge in Curitiba: prepare the Brazilian team for the first two matches of this year in the World Cup qualifiers. On Friday (6), Dorival Júnior debuts in the competition against Ecuador, at Couto Pereira, a stadium that gave him good memories in his career. In addition to winning the title as a coach, he defended Coritiba as an athlete in 1988.

"I expect two important results so that we can seek recovery within the competition. It is essential that this happens and we will try to work as much as possible so that we can seek these two results", said the coach, who took command of the Seleção in January with the mission of qualifying Brazil for the World Cup.

In an interview with CBF TV , Dorival talked about the team's preparation, remembered their achievements with the most popular clubs in the capital of Paraná and talked about Couto Pereira, the venue for Friday's match. On the 10th, Brazil will close the Fifa Date in September against Paraguay, in Asunción.

"I hope the fans will participate, that they will show up en masse, that they will be honored, that they will feel a little more about the Seleção again. Brazilian. We are doing work so that we can recover all of this and I hope that this sequence provides us with this condition", said the coach, who watched Palmeiras' 2-0 victory over Athetico Paranaense in the Ligga on Sunday night. Arena.